NEW: The pro-choice group ReproRights is filing its petition with the Supreme Court requesting that the court hear and strike down a Louisiana law that the group says would make abortion virtually impossible to obtain in the state via lisabelkin
The pro-choice group Center for Reproductive Rights is filing its petition with the Supreme Court Wednesday requesting that the court hear and strike down a Louisiana law that the group says would make abortion virtually impossible to obtain in the state. The law, Act 620, would require physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics.
Restrictive state abortion laws intended to provoke a challenge that could lead the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade have picked up speed since the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh gave the high court a presumed anti-abortion majority. The second is to leave Roe in place, but add so many regulations that access is effectively impossible for most women. It is one such bill – Act 620 in Louisiana – that is likely to be the first piece of abortion legislation to reach the court since Kavanaugh replaced the swing vote on reproductive rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The bill was introduced by Democratic state Rep. Katrina Jackson, who told Yahoo News, “When I ran for office I told everyone that I'm going to pray, I'm going to hear from God, I'm going to let my Christian values direct me.” When asked if she stands with President Trump on abortion, she said, “Although the president and I disagree on a number of issues, trust me. I do support his stance on abortion and being pro-life.
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