Supreme Court strikes down state’s restrictions on abortion clinics, giving abortion rights proponents a victory at the conservative court
The state, backed by the Trump administration and scores of anti-abortion groups, contended the law is aimed at improving health and safety measures at abortion clinics. But groups such as Americans United for Life are open about wanting to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Abortion rights groups say hospital privileges are elusive for physicians who provide abortions and unnecessary when just 1 in 400 patients needs hospitalization. They also noted that most of the nearly 10,000 women seeking abortions in Louisiana annually are poor and unable to travel long distances for the overnight stays state regulations require.
It took almost 20 years after Roe v. Wade before the court reinforced both the right to abortion and states' right to impose some restrictions in 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey. From 2000 to 2007, the court struck down a state law banning late-term abortions, then upheld a similar federal law. Last term, the justices upheld an Indiana law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains after an abortion. But they refused to consider that state's effort to ban abortions based on sex, race or disability, as well as Alabama's effort to ban a particular second-trimester method of abortion.
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