Abortion Providers Argue For Back Alley Abortions

thefederalist.com ^ | February 3, 2016 | Mailee Smith

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When the Supreme Court reviews the Texas abortion case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (formerly Cole), abortion providers’ deadly game will have prompted a discussion about what is more important: “access” to the current back alley of abortion now offered by an industry that puts profits over people, or commonsense health and safety standards the Court has historically supported. The stakes are high—life and death—and encompass more than whether the Texas provisions in House Bill (HB) 2 are constitutional.

To be sure, the law Texas passed in 2013—requiring abortion clinics to meet commonsense health and safety standards and requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital—is front and center. However, the abortion providers challenging HB 2 are actually arguing for a complete upheaval of the Supreme Court’s abortion precedents.

Defending state leaders working to protect women, this week Americans United for Life’s legal team filed an amicus curie (friend of the court) brief on behalf of more than 450 bipartisan and bicameral legislators and lieutenant governors from states that the Court’s decision in the case will affect. The brief demonstrates that the plaintiff abortion providers are blatantly ignoring the Supreme Court’s previous decisions because those decisions devastate their case.

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Dindus, illegals and islamos oh my.