Abortion-rights activists quake over Trump’s judges

Published January 9, 2017 5:01am ET



Hopes of getting new abortion restrictions overturned in courts around the country are dimming rapidly for abortion rights advocates, as President-elect Trump takes office.

Trump will be able to appoint dozens of abortion-opposing judges to federal benches once he assumes office Jan. 20. And that spells trouble for abortion providers and activists, who are seeking to overturn some of the 300-plus abortion regulations states have enacted in the past seven years.

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