Supreme Court puts on hold law that would close most Texas abortion facilities
Source: Dallas Morning News
The Supreme Court has put on hold the Texas law that would close most of the state's abortion facilities. More to come.
Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20141014-supreme-court-puts-on-hold-law-that-would-close-most-texas-abortion-facilities.ece
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)madamvlb
(495 posts)Deny and Shred
(1,061 posts)Barring the need for photo ID for voters, adjudicating in favor of Marriage Equality without comment, this ...
Very odd, welcome, but odd.
derby378
(30,252 posts)...but sometimes it's easier to pick up mercury with a fork than it is to figure out what they're thinking.
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)I can think of several situations in which I will be able to use this.
derby378
(30,252 posts)I only wish I could take credit for that phrase.
NYtoBush-Drop Dead
(490 posts)their personal accounts in the Caymans, then they'll get rid of the clinics
littlemissmartypants
(22,819 posts)The old boys club needs a clubbing themselves occasionally, if you ask me, turn about, is way past fair play when it comes to this topic.
derby378
(30,252 posts)The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed all but eight facilities providing abortions in America's second most-populous state.
In an unsigned order, the justices sided with abortion rights advocates and health care providers in suspending an Oct. 2 ruling by a panel of the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that Texas could immediately apply a rule making abortion clinics statewide spend millions of dollars on hospital-level upgrades.
The court also put on hold a separate provision of the law only as it applies to clinics in McAllen and El Paso that requires doctors at the facilities to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The admitting privileges requirement remains in effect elsewhere in Texas.
Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas said they would have ruled against the clinics in all respects.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Good news, but Texas will fight it tooth and nail. When these mother****ers spout bull crap about "big" government, just a reminder what garbage these people spew. The 5th Circuit Court just put back ID for voting.
Judi Lynn
(160,630 posts)Justices stop parts of Texas abortion law
Posted TODAY, 5:44 PM
Updated TODAY, 5:44 PM
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has blocked Texas from enforcing key parts of a 2013 law that would close all but eight of the state's abortion facilities.
The justices largely granted the request of abortion providers Tuesday. With three dissenting votes, the court suspended a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed Texas to enforce a rule making abortion clinics statewide spend millions of dollars on hospital-level upgrades.
The appeals court's ruling suspended an August decision by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel, who found that such upgrades were less about safety than making access to abortion difficult.
Yeakel's ruling stopped the requirements, so the state appealed. The 5th Circuit is still considering the overall constitutionality of the measure but allowed it to go into effect.
More:
http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/10/14/justices-stop-parts-of-texas-abortion-law.html
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,819 posts)Don't get me started on this. I am mad as hell.
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE HEALTH CARE, DAMMIT.
GET THE HELL OUT OF MY VAGINA!!
AND STAY OUT!!!!!
#FJL
WOMEN ARE COMING.