Abortion-rights groups challenge TRAP laws that restrict providers, limit women's choices

by DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer; CARL WILLIS/ABC7

Thu, May 16th 2019, 11:33 PM UTC

FILE - In this April 17, 2019, file photo, Bianca Cameron-Schwiesow, from left, Kari Crowe and Margeaux Hartline, dressed as handmaids, protest against a bill banning nearly all abortions at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala. As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws and other restrictions on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn limits on providers. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

FILE - In this March 20, 2018, file photo, anti-abortion sidewalk counselor Laura Duran, offers reading material to a driver entering the Jackson Women's Health Organization's clinic, the only facility in the state that performs abortions, in Jackson, Miss. As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws such as the one in Mississippi and other restrictions on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn limits on providers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, abortion-rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washington. After the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, many states began imposing restrictions on abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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FILE - In this April 17, 2019, file photo, Bianca Cameron-Schwiesow, from left, Kari Crowe and Margeaux Hartline, dressed as handmaids, protest against a bill banning nearly all abortions at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala. As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws and other restrictions on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn limits on providers. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

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