Sanders applauds Supreme Court abortion ruling

Published June 27, 2016 4:54pm ET



Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders lauded the Supreme Court for narrowly voting to strike down a major abortion law, saying that the ruling was a “decisive victory for women across the country.”

The court ruled 5-3 Monday that a Texas 2013 law was unconstitutional because it restricted a woman’s access to abortion. The law required abortion clinics to meet requirements of surgical centers and doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.

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