The Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1998 Operation Rescue-National v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. __________.

A. overturned the state law prohibiting state funds from being used for medically necessary abortions
B. defined life as beginning at conception, thereby making abortion subject to criminal prosecution as murder
C. upheld restrictions of a lower court on demonstrations near abortion clinics and the homes of doctors who performed abortions
D. overturned a series of restrictions (including "informed consent" and parental approval for minors) on abortions enacted by the state legislature


Answer: C

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