Prayers outside Planned Parenthood over Supreme Court case

Mar 04, 2016, 20:12

But Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller law" target="_blank">asserted that the regulations would not do so, as Texas is not banning abortion. In Missouri, 97 percent of counties had no abortion clinic in 2011, and 74 percent of the state's women lived in those counties.

Phoenix native Risa Isard confessed that she was not all that familiar with the case, but she believes strongly in abortion rights.

Justice Sotomayor objected to the idea that abortion would be singled out for additional restrictions, when other outpatient procedures like colonoscopies and liposuction have a much higher complication rate. "It's like you put the law into effect, twelve clinics closed".

The case challenges a Texas law that imposes tough standards on abortion clinics.

Essentially, the law mandates that any doctor performing abortions also have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic they work in, so that they could deliver patients there in the event of an emergency.

Verrilli said that considering the state's interest was the best way for the court to proceed.

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On Wednesday, it was the court's four liberals who dominated the questioning. "These laws are simply about stopping women from accessing their Constitutionally-protected right to abortion".

Kennedy, however, said the two questions were related. If he sides with the conservatives, that becomes a 4-4 split and the law would automatically be upheld and take full effect. That result would leave the regulations in place, but not resolve the issue nationally. Should Hillary Clinton win the presidential election in November, Kennedy's vote won't matter, since whoever she picks to replace Scalia will side with the Court's liberal wing to overturn H.B. 2.

Wednesday was a busy day at the Supreme Court.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan made an unexpected stop at the rally and spoke to the pro-life advocates, even though abortion activists tried to disrupt the rally.

"We are here to stand up for women and children and for the rule of law", Ryan said. Sotomayor asked. Then, ignoring Roberts' signals for the lawyer to wrap up, Sotomayor said it plainly: "This law was targeted at abortion only".

A decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 15-274, is expected by late June. Now that the Supreme Court is down to eight members, Kennedy is still the swing vote, although not in quite the same way.

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As previously reported, in 2013, following the passage of several safety regulations for abortion facilities, Planned Parenthood and other abortion advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against Texas officials, asserting that the new requirements would have an adverse affect on most facilities.

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"Whole Woman's facilities have been cited for really appalling violations when they were inspected: holes in the floor where rats could come in, the lack of any equipment to adequately sterilize instruments", he said.

The court put the surgery center requirement on hold while it considers the case. If the law does in fact go into effect, it could close the doors on all but about 10 clinics in Texas. She said abortion is safer than many other medical procedures that are not as strictly regulated. But in many areas doctors who provide abortions are routinely denied admission rights by hospital managements. He was a dominating questioner, and when he and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., fellow conservatives, worked in concert, they formed an intimidating bloc.

If Kennedy joins the four liberals in opposition to the restrictions, the court could strike down the Texas law.

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