High court abortion ruling may impact North Dakota law

The court also struck down a separate provision, which had already gone into effect, that requires doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic.

Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which has represented the Fargo clinic, said in a statement that Monday’s ruling “sent a loud and clear message that politicians can not use deceptive means to shut down abortion clinics”.

Activists had sounded the alarm over moves to enact similar laws in other states, that would have received a major boost from a ruling in Texas’s favor.

For now, providers are celebrating because it could have been far worse: Had the law that former Democratic state Sen. “Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a previability abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access … and each violates the Federal Constitution”. In a 5-3 decision, the court struck down a Texas law, labeling it “unconstitutional”. “This fight isn’t over: The next president has to protect women’s health”.

“We need to ensure that we build on this ruling and that we have people who are in positions of power who recognize the real impact of these laws on real people”, says Atkinson. Many clinics had faced multimillion-dollar renovations to comply with the law, such as upgrades to air ventilation systems and hallways wide enough to accommodate hospital beds.

“We have found nothing in Texas’ record evidence that shows that, compared to prior law (which required a “working arrangement” with a doctor with admitting privileges), the new law advanced Texas’ legitimate interest in protecting women’s health”, Breyer wrote.

The law was signed by then-Gov.

An abortion-rights lawyer, Sue Frietsche, said the law inflicted heavy financial burdens on abortion clinics throughout Pennsylvania and contributed to the closure of several of them. Tom Corbett, a Republican, in the aftermath of a Philadelphia criminal case in which an abortion provider, Dr. Kermit Gosnell, was convicted of killing newborn babies during illegal, late-term abortion procedures performed in filthy surroundings. That goal should unite everyone on every side of the abortion issue. He later clarified, stating that he meant those performing abortion. Some states now require a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion.

Nancy Northup, CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said her legal team will be reviewing these and other laws to determine if they are now vulnerable in the aftermath of Monday’s high court ruling.

“If a woman needs to get care at a hospital, she can be transferred to that hospital, be seen in that emergency room, and get the care she needs without her physician having admitting privileges”, Leahy said.

In a majority opinion authored by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court indicated that the facility requirement on abortion clinics does not “benefit patients and is not necessary”.