Posted on 08/04/2014 9:18:33 AM PDT by GIdget2004
A U.S. judge on Monday ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law that threatened to close three of the state's five abortion clinics.
The measure, similar to laws passed by 10 other states, requires doctors who perform abortions to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled Alabama's law imposed an undue burden on a woman's ability to choose an abortion.
"The evidence compellingly demonstrates that the requirement would have the striking result of closing three of Alabama's five abortion clinics," the judge wrote.
"The court is convinced that, if this requirement would not ... constitute an impermissible undue burden, then almost no regulation, short of those imposing an outright prohibition on abortion, would," the judge added.
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First off, we (I’m an Alabamian) should appeal the ruling. From what I’m seeing, the ruling had everything to do with access to clinics and nothing to do with the root of the legislation: access to emergency care.
Failing that, I doubt this is something that Gov Bentley would not get into - even if it were 2015 and he’s been re-elected already.
There are some federal judges that have gotten too big for their britches.
Also a fellow Alabamian (transplant), and yes, the ruling should be appealed. Legalized abortion is the premeditated, state-sponsored, mass-production murder of human beings, and civilized societies should not allow it.
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