Wendy Davis Will Ask High Court to Block Abortion Limits
Former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who rose to national prominence after filibustering a restrictive Texas abortion law in 2013, will join other lawmakers from across the country in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to strike down those regulations.
On the same day the high court announced it would consider the constitutionality of the abortion law known as House Bill 2, Davis, a former state senator and Democratic gubernatorial nominee, told The Texas Tribune the story of her abortion will be part of the “friend of the court” brief.
“There are a number of legislators across the country who have shared their own stories of abortion and why it is important that that access be continued,” Davis said in an interview. “I’ve shared my story about an abortion decision I had to make under very difficult circumstances with a fetal abnormality that made my pregnancy, unfortunately, one that would not sustain a child born with any sort of quality of life."
The Texas restrictions under challenge would require abortion facilities to meet hospital-like ambulatory surgical center standards, including minimum sizes for rooms and doorways, pipelines for anesthesia and other modifications. A separate provision — which has already gone into effect and led to the closure of about half of the state’s abortion clinics — requires doctors who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/13/wendy-davis-file-brief-scotus-over-abortion-law/
