Abortion rights are on the chopping block, as the Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case nearly identical to one decided just 4 years ago.
in Shreveport, La., is at the center of the case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.But every major medical group in the country — from the American Medical Association to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists — contradicts that assertion.
Abortion is a hot-button issue in Louisiana, and doctors providing abortions in the state face extreme pressure. Rikelman will tell the justices that even the 5th Circuit conceded it could not identify a single woman who would have been better off because of the admitting privileges law.Still, there is one new twist in Wednesday's case. For the first time, Louisiana, and the Trump administration, are claiming that doctors and clinics do not have the legal standing to challenge an abortion law on behalf of their patients.
"If you're a patient in Louisiana and you're struggling to find abortion care, all you know is that the clinic on the other end of the phone can't see you," says T.J. Tu, a senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights."You might not know the reason you are not being seen. The people who know that are the physicians in the clinics themselves, which is why they're allowed to come to court and raise their patients rights.
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