SCOTUS halts law that would close all but one Louisiana abortion clinic

Posted by | March 4, 2016 17:13 | Filed under: Politics

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But they’ll keep trying to take away a woman’s right to choose.

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The justices on Friday are effectively reversing an order by the federal appeals court in New Orleans that allowed Louisiana to begin enforcing its 2014 clinic regulation law even as it is being challenged in the courts.

The law requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

The legal group representing the clinics says facilities in Baton Rouge and Bossier City already have had to stop providing abortions and a clinic in Shreveport would have to stop providing abortionssoon.

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6 responses to SCOTUS halts law that would close all but one Louisiana abortion clinic

  1. tracey marie March 4th, 2016 at 17:17

    POP POP POP! the anti-womens autonomy groups heads are exploding.

  2. arc99 March 4th, 2016 at 17:50

    I have never been able to read legalese. I find that none of the breaking stories provided any indication as to how the justices voted.

    A copy of the one page order is at the link below. If I am reading it correctly, only Justice Thomas disagreed. So, if that is correct, then at least the forced birth advocates can’t whine that this would never have happened if Justice Scalia was still alive.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/030416zr_nmip.pdf

    • Glen March 5th, 2016 at 07:12

      If Thomas is the only one that dissented, then it may be a good sign – perhaps Scalia was swaying opinions within the Supreme Court, and without him, the other “right-leaning” justices are more likely to consider both sides, and more likely to actually support reason.

  3. David Ish March 4th, 2016 at 19:33

    Is this a clue what the scotus decide about the Texas case?

  4. The Original Just Me March 5th, 2016 at 01:23

    Who says our total government is Stupid. At least the Supreme Court is acting like adults.

  5. Tim Coolio March 5th, 2016 at 09:20

    The anti-abortion zealots have one less vote for their side now.

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