“The case concerns two parts of a state law that imposes strict
requirements on abortion providers. It was passed by the
Republican-dominated Texas Legislature and signed into law in July 2013 by Rick
Perry, the governor at the time.
One part of the law requires all clinics in the state to meet the standards
for “ambulatory surgical centers,” including regulations concerning buildings,
equipment and staffing. The other requires doctors performing abortions to have
admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Officials in Texas said that the contested provisions were needed to
protect women’s health. Abortion providers responded that the regulations were
expensive, unnecessary and intended to put many of them out of business.”
The abortion providers are right.
The real purpose of the law is to put as many abortion clinics out of
business as possible. I predict the laws
will be overturned. It could be 5-4 with
Kennedy the deciding vote (as usual), or even 6-3.
The measures were modest and sensible, Ken Paxton, Texas’ attorney general, said in a statement on Friday
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