The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have required abortion providers to have admitting privileges to a nearby hospital. The law was nearly identical to one in Texas that the Supreme Court ruled against in 2016. These laws are part of a strategy by anti-abortion activists to limit access to abortion and eventually overturn Roe v. Wade.
, pursued the law claiming the facts were drastically different than in Texas.
"If something had happened to me, you'd better believe that I would've wanted to be able to go right into an O.R. for surgery so that if my uterus had been perforated, if my bowel had been perforated, I would get every possible chance to save my life," said Catherine Glenn Foster, president and CEO of Americans United for Life. "Women deserve that."wrote that abortions are extremely safe and rarely require hospital admission.
"Louisiana says that many of its restrictions on abortion are about protecting women and children, but we know that's not true because Louisiana has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country," said Julie Rikelman, lead attorney from Center for Reproductive Rights. "It has one of the worst indicators for child health in the country.
Monday's decision by the Supreme Court is a win for abortion rights groups. However, the 5-4 ruling, in which Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court's liberals and newly appointed conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch dissented, could be a sign for deeper polarization and litigation ahead.
"Anyone who reads this and thinks that abortion rights are safe now was just not paying attention," said abortion law expert Mary Ziegler of the Florida State University College of Law.
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