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judge to block Texas sonogram law  Posted: Updated:  AUSTIN,
Texas (AP) — A reproductive rights group wants a federal judge
in Texas to block a new state law requiring doctors to conduct a
sonogram before an abortion.  The Center for Reproductive Rights
has already filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the law which
takes effect on Sept. 1. Friday's motion asks U.S. District
Judge Sam Sparks in Austin to block the law pending the outcome
of the lawsuit.  A hearing was not immediately set.   The law
requires a doctor to describe the fetus' features and allow
women to hear the fetal heartbeat. Exemptions are allowed for
cases of rape and incest or when the fetus has fatal
abnormalities.