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Posted on 06/30/2015 10:58:59 AM PDT by Morgana
Just when Texas pro-lifers thought they had finally shaken off opponents to a bill that threatens the state's abortion clinics, SCOTUS has halted their celebration.
In another confusing turn of events for House Bill 2, a pro-life bill that bans abortions at 20 weeks and strengthens regulations for the state's abortion clinics, the Supreme Court of the United States just sided with the clinics and granted a stay in the case, allowing them to remain open for the time being.
The justices voted 5-4 to grant an emergency appeal from the clinics after a federal appeals court upheld new regulations and refused to keep them on hold while the clinics appealed to the Supreme Court.
More information on that "controversial" bill:
Abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature in 2013 — and set to go into effect Wednesday — would have required Texas' abortion facilities to meet hospital-like standards, including minimum sizes for rooms and doorways, pipelines for anesthesia and other infrastructure.
The new restrictions would have shuttered 10 of the 19 remaining abortion clinics in Texas.
Former Texas Governor and current Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry excoriated SCOTUS for their decision:
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
This has not been a good week for us.
It would not have shuttered them; it would have forced them to follow reasonable standards any other similar center must adhere to.
Abysmal and breath taking....
SCOTUS.
Texas can still set the standards for medical facilities for any clinic in Texas unless they perform abortions, then planned parenthood can set their own.
Unless I am way off that is how it looks to me.
So if Texas refuses to accept this ruling what can SCOTUS do? If I were the governor I would continue with the law Texas passed. Since the requirement to remain open is the same as other clinics I see no justification for the SCOTUS ruling.
SCOTUS has just eliminated the constitutional concept of “states rights”. Sorry, but they don’t have that power and were never intended to have that power.
What is the solution to this problem we have now?
(ORDER LIST: 576 U.S.)
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015
ORDER IN PENDING CASE
14A1288 WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH, ET AL. V. COLE, COMM’R, TX DHS, ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the Court
is granted, and the issuance of the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit in case No. 14-50928 is stayed pending the timely filing
and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a
writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event
the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the
issuance of the judgment of this Court.
The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito would deny
the application.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062915zr_6j37.pdf
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This keeps the issue alive for the elections in 2016. Perhaps some good will come of this. I don’t think you can really defend the same standards that other surgeries must meet. 20 weeks is right around viability and gives a mother nearly 5 months to decide to kill her baby.
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