“Wisconsin is defending a similar law in a case before the Supreme Court and we expect a decision the near future”, Schimel said.
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An Indiana Planned Parenthood spokesperson said the group is waiting on a federal judge’s ruling expected this week that could block that new Indiana law. The Texas law required abortion clinics to have access to a hospital 30 miles away. In a 5-3 decision, the court struck down a Texas law, labeling it “unconstitutional”.
The lieutenant governor said the Texas Legislature will work on developing a fresh law to restrict abortions.
The normally nine-justice court was one member short after the February 13 death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who consistently opposed abortion in past rulings.
Casey said the Women’s Health Center of Duluth now is the only abortion clinic north of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Breyer wrote that despite arguments that the restrictions were created to protect women’s health, the reality is that they merely amounted to burdening women who seek abortions. “I guess we’ll have to analyze and review what impact (Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling) might have”.
“We have laws in the state that makes it impossible for a bar to be a certain distance in proximity to a school, but we have no such laws regarding abortion clinics”, he said.
“As we approach 60 million state-sanctioned abortions since Roe vs. Wade, I continue to pray for the soul of our nation and that the people of this country will not allow the government to continue to devalue life”, he said. Following the court decision Heather Busbee, with NARAL ProChoice Texas, rushed to the shuttered site with a banner announcing it will re-open.
Ten more would have been closed if the Supreme Court had upheld the law. Texas H.B. 2 also included National Right to Life model language to protect unborn children who are capable of experiencing great pain when being killed by dismemberment or other late abortion methods. Several states have recently banned dilation-and-extraction, a common second-trimester abortion technique which opponents have depicted as “dismemberment abortion”.
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“The Court ignored a lot of safety information and simply furthered their preference for no limitations on abortions”, Floyd said. “It’s clear that the intention of these unnecessary restrictions was to put obstacles in the path of women seeking safe, legal abortion care”, said Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin president and CEO Teri Huyck.
