If the rules are upheld, it could leave Louisiana with only one functioning abortion clinic
June Medical ServicesWhole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt,
a 2016 decision striking down a Texas law that, like Louisiana’s, required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The court found that the regulation would have shuttered half of Texas’s 40 abortion clinics, posing “a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions”, while providing “few, if any, health benefits”.
this decision in 2018. Though the requirement in Louisiana was identical to the Texas regulation struck down inthe impact on women in Louisiana was “dramatically less”, the Fifth Circuit held, and passed constitutional muster.Louisiana’s abortion-clinic regulation from taking effect. The vote was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the liberal justices to stay the Fifth Circuit’s ruling.
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