Supreme Court blocks Louisiana law that would restrict abortion providers
Source: Los Angeles Times
he Supreme Court in a victory for abortion-rights advocates on Friday blocked Louisiana from enforcing a law that they said would have left the state with only one doctor licensed to perform the procedure.
The justices, by a 7-1 vote, issued a brief order that restores an earlier judicial ban on enforcing the 2014 law.
The court's order is a good sign for abortion-rights groups in Louisiana and nationwide
Coming shortly after the justices debated a similar Texas law, the order shows a majority of the high court is unwilling to permit conservative states to enforce stringent regulations.
A federal judge had blocked Louisiana from enforcing a rule that would require doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The judge found most hospitals simply refused to consider extending these privileges to a doctor whose practice involved abortion.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-louisiana-abortion-20160304-story.html
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Although, at 7-1, Fat Tony couldn't have ruined this anyway.
Kber
(5,043 posts)It's the lifting of his influence.
He was a loud mouth.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)What a piece of crap!
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Same as the 9-11 hijackers: bet they were all really surprised to wake up in hell.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)one bad apple could ruin the bunch?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)in my stomach.
procon
(15,805 posts)This is a good sign that the court will make a similar ruling in favor of abortion clinics in Texas.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)He must be so lonely.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)According to Justice Sleepyhead, we shouldn't have any individual rights.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I think it's surprising it was seven to one...but even that one bothers me. This was a pretty extreme law that hurt a lot of women.
Never mind it was just posted. Clarence must have gotten instructions from Scalia in a dream or something.
Deuce
(959 posts)The court's decision, in which only Justice Clarence Thomas noted his dissent, came two days after it heard arguments in a similar case from Texas. A vote in favor of the clinics in Louisiana could signal how the justices will rule on the Texas law.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/04/469239725/supreme-court-blocks-louisiana-law-aimed-at-clinics-that-perform-abortions
WhiteHat
(129 posts)A rational SOTUS response to medically unnecessary abortion restrictions.
Let's hope this represents a return to socially-responsible, rational, NOT RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST judgments in the future.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)Agony
(2,605 posts)a big FU to the 11 Democratic Senators that voted for Thomas with the Repubs
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Guess Scalia couldn't have stopped this one if he were still alive.