Abortion rights on the line in US Supreme Court case
A pro-life protester holds a doll while justices hear oral arguments in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo at the Supreme Court. The case stems from a law in Louisiana that requires doctors who perform abortions at clinics to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 48km. – EPA pic, March 5, 2020.
THE US Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a major abortion case for the first time since President Donald Trump appointed two new conservative justices – with the future of the procedure potentially at stake. What may be the most significant case on the subject in decades centres on a law in the state of Louisiana that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
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