Today the Supreme Court struck down the new 2013 Texas abortion law that mandated that abortion clinics meet the same standards as walk-in surgical centers. The law also mandated that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down strict Texas abortion law https://t.co/10nQ8JqBQB pic.twitter.com/tVmvth6Um9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 27, 2016
SCOTUS invalidates Texas abortion restrictions.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 27, 2016
US Supreme Court strikes down 2013 Texas abortion law seen as one of nation's toughest https://t.co/AqWfYbuckm
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 27, 2016
5-3, with Kennedy siding with the court's liberal justices. https://t.co/ZKUprycCj0
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 27, 2016
Only Justice Thomas would have upheld the Texas statute outright. Roberts and Alito would require greater analysis and findings.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 27, 2016
NBC NEWS – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation’s toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women’s groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state’s clinics to shut down.
Passed in 2013, the law said clinics providing abortion services must meet the same building standards as ambulatory surgical centers. And it required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Since the law was passed, the number of clinics providing abortion services in Texas dropped to 19 from 42. Opponents said that number would fall to ten if the Supreme Court upheld the law.
Ugh.