US Supreme Court ruling throws Missouri laws into question

“I am honestly surprised by the Supreme Court decision”, Rachel Bergstrom-Carlson, health center manager at Planned Parenthood of Austin, said at the clinic that performs about 250 abortions per month in the Texas state capital.

State Attorney General Jeff Landry says there are differences between both the laws and circumstances in Texas and Louisiana.

With this brief comment, Ginsburg has made it clear that she would never tolerate sneaky legislation which seeks to restrict abortion by offering up unrealistic and nefarious regulations.

“Today, five activist judges on the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Texas’ anti-abortion omnibus bill”, Sen. It has 19 today.

“I think that was a bad decision”, Branstad said.

The Supreme Court agreed. The Supreme Court is set to close out its current term with opinions Monday in three remaining three cases after a flurry of decisions last week.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito Clarence Thomas dissented in the ruling. It was the second time in a week he had read aloud.

Advocacy groups hailed the Supreme Court decision.

“It is the greatest victory in 20 years”, said Laura McQuade, of Planned Parenthood.

Cecile Richards, whose mother was a former Texas governor, said in a statement that the court “recognized that these laws do not enhance patient safety”.

The abortion providers said the regulations were medically unnecessary and meant to shut down clinics.

The court determined in a 5-3 ruling that the law, known as HB 2, placed an undue burden on women exercising their constitutional right to end a pregnancy, as established by Roe v. Wade in 1973.

One state that will likely be affected immediately is Wisconsin, which passed a similar law in 2013 that was struck down by a federal appeals court two years later.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin President and CEO Teri Huyck heralded Monday’s decision as a “victory for women” and said in a statement that the requirements in the law are a “dangerous intrusion on women’s access to safe and legal abortion”.

Kansas is now embroiled in at least three lawsuits challenging various state laws restricting abortion services. “We have a legislative session coming up. Much work remains to ensure all women can access compassionate and personalized reproductive health care where they live”.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas slammed the Court for siding against his state. “And this Supreme Court wants to turn that back”.

Sounds familiar? That’s because Ohio’s GOP-controlled Legislature passed a similar law in 2013 requiring abortion clinics to have a transfer agreement with a local, private hospital.

“While today is a big win, the fight to protect access for women’s health services isn’t over”.

“No woman or doctor should be punished for receiving or providing high quality, safe and appropriate medical care”, said Childs-Roshak, the first physician to lead PPLM. “Unfortunately, many politicians will continue in their quest to take these health decisions away from women”.

The Supreme Court has struck down Texas’ widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court’s biggest abortion case in almost a quarter century.

“The Court has rejected a common-sense law protecting women from abortion facilities that put profits above patient safety”.