Posted on 01/28/2016 10:19:52 PM PST by kathsua
A Louisiana judge sided with abortion advocates Tuesday and ruled against a state law that would ensure abortion clinics are meeting basic health and safety requirements.
Baton Rouge District Judge John deGravelles blocked the law from taking effect and declared it “unconstitutional†in a Tuesday ruling, ABC News reports. DeGravelles scheduled a conference Friday to consider whether the injunction should be made permanent, according to the report.
The pro-life law would protect women by ensuring that abortionists have admitting privileges at a local hospital, that informed consent protections apply to all abortions, and that facilities that perform more than five abortions maintain proper licensing.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry promised to keep fighting to uphold the law. He said the state will appeal the decision.
“As attorney general, I am committed to enforcing our state’s pro-life and pro-woman laws,†Landry said. “My office and I will continue to do all we legally can to protect the unborn, their mothers and all Louisiana women.â€
In August, three of the five abortion facilities in the state, along with two abortion doctors, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge in an attempt to stop the Unsafe Abortion Protection Act (House Bill 388) from taking effect on Sept. 1.
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They asked for an immediate injunction against the law and for the court to rule HB 388 unconstitutional, claiming it will put an undue burden on women’s right to choose abortion before viability.
Louisiana Right to Life Executive Director Ben Clapper previously told LifeNews: “Not surprisingly, the abortion industry has filed suit to stop the common-sense standards put in place by HB 388. We believe it is the right of the state of Louisiana to close loopholes that allow abortion facilities to operate at a lower standard as compared to other surgical facilities.â€
Clapper said that although the facilities and doctors are claiming they have not had enough time to get admitting privileges, the amount of time they had was similar to the amount of time involved in the implementation of a similar law in Texas.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear abortion advocates’ challenge of the Texas law in March.
The law is responsible for closing abortion clinics that could not guarantee they could protect the health of Texas women. It has been credited with saving the lives of more than 10,000 unborn children.
Trial lawyer Democrat. 30 years of supporting Dems he got put on the bench.
Judge is 2014 Obammy appointee
Yes-—he is promoting the Satanic Rite of child-sacrifice—killing girls. These evil judges better study the Constitution and understand what JUSTICE means. I am getting sick of these Marxists kicking God and God’s LAW out of the Rule of Law and creating the Rule of Satan.
These judges need to be tarred and feathered and put in stocks-—it would have happened in the 18th Century when people were more civilized and didn’t allow people to kill their own babies.
The latest inevitable failure of the judicial supremacist “pro-life” regulationists.
They surrender the only real moral, constitutional, and legal arguments against abortion on demand, and then they can’t figure out why they lose every single time.
On March 13, 2014, President Barack H. Obama nominated deGravelles to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
He received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2014.[6] On June 19, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[7]
On July 16, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on deGravelles nomination. The Senate voted for cloture on July 22, 2014 in a 57-39 vote.[8]
Later that same day the Senate voted 100-0 to confirm deGravelles. [9]
Unbelievable, judges think they can declare something “unconstitutional”.
So much for SAFE, legal and rare...
The Left’s war on women (and children) continues.
How long are we the people going to let immoral biased judges control us? Thousands of dollars and much time are spent getting the ppl. to vote for or against something and one or more of these political hacks overturn all the efforts. This has to stop. Or even if we get a republican president and congress a miserable judge will still have controlling power.
The only way I can see to stop it is to get them out of our way. Impeach.
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Until we just surrender to international terrorists, I think. Maybe 10 years.
This judge’s parents were once (c. 1968) the only husband and wife combo to serve together on the Republican National Committee.
A rusty coat hanger is ok after all
How have we ended up with these judges handling legislation, and with such finality? All the states that voted on ballot measures against homosexual marriage have had those very measures overturned by leftist activist judges.
Just how can that be?
This “immnoral” judge has a twin brother who is an Episcopalian pastor.
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