Ruling to force doctors who provide abortions to have hospital admitting privileges would stand whether supreme court justices are split on similar Texas lawOn the eve of arguments in the biggest abortion case to reach the supreme court in decades,a lower court has crystalized the stakes with a decision that could permanently shut down all but one abortion clinic in Louisiana unless the tall court rules otherwise.
The decision, by the fifth circuit US court of appeals, or allows a Louisiana law to take effect that requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles. In doing so,the court blocked a federal judges earlier ruling that found the admitting privileges unconstitutional. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com