Abortion Law Struck Down by Supreme Court



The US Supreme Court struck down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law by a 5-4 vote. Justice Roberts referred to the 2016 precedent.

The law required those who perform abortions at clinics have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. It has been ruled unconstitutional because it places an undue burden on women.
The opinion was written by Justice Stephen Breyer.  (Fox News)

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 “The legal doctrine of stare decisis requires us, absent special circumstances, to treat like cases alike,” Roberts wrote in concurring with the decision. “The Louisiana law imposes a burden on access to abortion just as severe as that imposed by the Texas law, for the same reasons. Therefore Louisiana’s law cannot stand under our precedents.”

 Trump’s nominees, Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, dissented from Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s majority decision. Each of the court’s four most consistent conservatives wrote separately to describe their disagreement.  (Washington Post)

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Republicans had attempted to pass a law limiting legal abortions to age 20 weeks in 2018. Although they controlled the House and the Senate and had the support of the president, the law failed in the Senate (WP).

 Many evangelical Christians support the Republican party because of its position on abortion. Although some advocate for a total ban on abortion, the proposed law supported a woman’s right to an abortion up to 20 weeks and had bipartisan support. There was also bipartisan opposition.

Prolife includes antiabortion but is not limited to abortion. As is evident by the vote in 2018, many Republicans support abortion but they want to restrict the practice to the early weeks of pregnancy. Words like prolife obscure the facts about what a person beliefs about abortion and about the value of human life outside the womb. Details are important.

Read A House Divided for more on abortion and contraception


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