Louisiana law gives Supreme Court new abortion test
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana law due to take effect Monday, Feb. 4, presents the current Supreme Court with its first test on the hot button issue of abortion.
Two doctors and a clinic challenged the law as identical to an abortion restriction invalidated by the court three years ago. They urged the justices to block enforcement while they pursue an appeal.
The law would leave only one doctor at a single clinic to perform the procedures, a drastic limitation that "cannot possibly meet the needs of approximately 10,000 women who seek abortion services in Louisiana each year," said the Center for Reproductive Rights, representing the challengers.
Passed by the state legislature in 2014, the provision would require doctors offering abortion services to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down an identical Texas law, ruling that it imposed an obstacle on access to abortion without providing any medical benefits.
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