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February 7, 2019

Supreme Court to Rule on Restrictive Louisiana Anti-Choice Law
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The Supreme Court is poised to decide today whether a restrictive
Louisiana anti-choice law can take effect, in a case that could
determine whether millions of women will have continued access to
abortions. The Louisiana law, passed in 2014, requires doctors who
perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30
miles of their clinics. Pro-choice groups call such statutes TRAP laws,
or "targeted regulation of abortion providers"; they say the Louisiana
law would leave the state with just a single doctor legally allowed to
perform abortions. In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a nearly
identical Texas law in a 5-4 ruling. The now-retired Justice Anthony
Kennedy ruled with the majority in that decision; he's since been
replaced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.


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