The Louisiana law has never been enforced, and the Supreme Court in 2016 found a nearly identical Texas law to be unconstitutional. “The three clinics left in Louisiana can stay open while we ask the Supreme Court to hear our case. [Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion restrictions]The Whole Woman’s Health decision was the court’s most important one on abortion in a quarter-century. But it was decided by a very different eight-member Supreme Court in the wake of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. “Unlike in Texas, the [Louisiana law] does not impose a substantial burden on a large fraction of women,” he concluded.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2019 02:47 UTC