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Latinas closely watch historic US abortion case

It's being called one of the most important reproductive rights cases in a generation — the US Supreme Court must decide on the constitutionality of a restrictive Texas abortion law that requires doctors performing the abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.

The 2013 law also requires abortion clinics to provide facilities that meet hospital-style surgical standards. The law's supporters say the measures are meant to protect women's health. But abortion rights advocates say it's just another way of restricting access to the procedure. Jessica González Rojas is the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and she says if the Supreme Court lets the law stand, it will have an especially negative effect on Latinas in the state.

Image: Pro-choice advocates rally outside of the US Supreme Court on March 2, 2016. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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