The high court's Wednesday ruling 'was only on if the plaintiffs had standing,' the Louisiana Republican said Sunday.
will ultimately overturn Texas' controversial abortion ban despite its refusal on Wednesday to block the statute.—including in cases of rape and incest—after six weeks. Reproductive rights advocates have pointed out that most women do not even know they are pregnant at six weeks, meaning the law essentially bans all abortions in the state., Cassidy downplayed the criticism of the Supreme Court's ruling.
"The ruling on SCOTUS was that the plaintiffs did not have standing. It had nothing to do with the constitutionality ofis the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that established the legal precedent that the Constitution protects women's right to abortions. Senator Bill Cassidy said during a Sunday interview that the Texas abortion ban will eventually be overturned in the courts. In this photo, Cassidy talks to reporters before walking to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol on August 4 in Washington, D.C.The Republican lawmaker predicted that the Texas abortion ban will inevitably be struck down.
"I think the Supreme Court will swat it away once it comes to them in an appropriate manner. If it is as terrible as people say it is, it will be destroyed by the Supreme Court," Cassidy said.
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