[nathanbedford]

June Medical Services v. Russo will test whether a state can require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The clinic will argue that women are perfectly safe without this precaution. Louisiana, on the other hand, will argue that the requirement is a common-sense health and safety regulation to protect mothers’ lives. Who is right?

Sadly, "who is right?" Is not the actual test the Supreme Court will use. For all practical purposes, the matter will be decided by what the majority of the court says is the applicable standard of scrutiny that the state must carry. A low standard and the law stands, a high standard and the law falls.

[gibsonguy]

I hoped no pro life laws would go to this court. We will lose, precedent will be set and the baby killing will continue unabated for another generation. We needed to flip at least one rat SC Justice.

[wastoute]

When I was a surgery resident we had a saying. “If you can’t treat the complications you shouldn’t be doing the procedure.” Nothing is more frustrating than having to spend a lot of time and effort fixing someone else’s mistake that you know for a fact would not be the case had you done the procedure.