ckf Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Washington (CNN)In a dramatic ruling, the Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Texas abortion access law in a victory to supporters of abortion rights who argued it would have shuttered all but a handful of clinics in the state. The 5-3 ruling is the most significant decision from the Supreme Court on abortion in two decades and could serve to deter other states from passing so-called "clinic shutdown" laws. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, which was joined in full by Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the swing vote on the abortion issue. "There was no significant health-related problem that the new law helped to cure," Breyer wrote. "We agree with the District Court that the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting-privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an "undue burden" on their constitutional right to do so." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined Breyer's opinion and wrote a brief concurring opinion, which focused on what she called women in "desperate circumstances." "When a State severely limits access to safe and legal procedures, women in desperate circumstances may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners, faute de mieux, at great risk to their health and safety." The ruling will have major reverberations on the presidential election, where the fate of the Supreme Court has been front-and-center after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. Senate Republicans have refused to act on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland, leaving the court with eight justices. Hillary Clinton immediately praised the ruling. "SCOTUS's decision is a victory for women in Texas and across America. Safe abortion should be a right—not just on paper, but in reality. -H" Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote dissents. Thomas wrote a bitter dissent for himself, accusing the court of eroding the Constitution. "The Court has simultaneously transformed judicially created rights like the right to abortion into preferred constitutional rights, while disfavoring many of the rights actually enumerated in the Constitution," Thomas wrote. "But our Constitution renounces the notion that some constitutional rights are more equal than others. ... A law either infringes a constitutional right, or not; there is no room for the judiciary to invent tolerable degrees of encroachment. Unless the Court abides by one set of rules to adjudicate constitutional rights, it will continue reducing constitutional law to policy-driven value judgments until the last shreds of its legitimacy disappear." There were two provisions of the law at issue. The first said that doctors have to have local admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, the second says that the clinics have to upgrade their facilities to hospital-like standards. Critics say if the 2013 law, known as H.B. 2, is allowed to go into effect it could shutter all but a handful of clinics in a state with 5.4 million women of reproductive age. Texas countered that the law was passed in response to the Kermit Gosnell scandal. The Pennsylvania man was convicted in 2013 of first-degree murder for killing babies that were born alive in his clinic. State Solicitor General Scott Keller argued in court papers that if the court were to uphold the law, an abortion clinic "will remain open in each area where one will close, meaning that over 90% of Texas women of reproductive age will live within 150 miles of an open abortion clinic." A federal appeals court upheld the Texas law in 2015, and last spring a majority of the Supreme Court voted to stay that ruling pending appeal. The four conservative justices at the time: Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, publicly noted that they would have denied the stay. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/27/politics/supreme-court-abortion-texas/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 It's a sad day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 37 minutes ago, Capt.Storm said: It's a sad day now. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 1 minute ago, Mileage Psycho said: Why? Well finally someone(texas) was doing something about the overuse of abortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted June 27, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 27, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 49 minutes ago, SnowRider said: You love baby killers don't you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 You know,now in ny i think you're responsible for your kids till they are like 30 now. But yet a girl as long as she is 14 can go get a abortion in secrete from her parents. Now tell me that's right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) Edited June 27, 2016 by Capt.Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 21 minutes ago, Capt.Storm said: You love baby killers don't you Most Leftards do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Just now, Momorider said: Most Leftards do Well I'm not against abortion for the right reasons..but to use it instead of birth control is just sickening ..and I know they are because otherwise how can it be that one in 5 are getting abortions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Time for a historic good ole fashion sit in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Truth is the libs love population control on the poor and minority's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted June 27, 2016 Gold Member Share Posted June 27, 2016 Not sure how I feel about abortion but the world needs less unwanted babies from parents unable to provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted June 27, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Capt.Storm said: You love baby killers don't you I support women and their families making their own medical decisions. Besides - outlawing choice only means back alley clinics, women dying, and coat hangers. You're a typical anti women conservative: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Lefties............So damn dishonest. Calling politicians who are trying to stop live babies from having scissors plunged into their necks "cold hearted and anti-woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 2 hours ago, SnowRider said: I support women and their families making their own medical decisions. Besides - outlawing choice only means back alley clinics, women dying, and coat hangers. You're a typical anti women conservative: Listen fuck head I never said that abortion should be illegal so stfu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Gotta give Texas credit though for trying. They pulled a move like the dems are doing by trying to limit certain guns and ammo. And that's all I'm saying ..lets try to get the abortion number down some with more birth control education and promoting adoption more. Funny how the dems don't push more for prevention.of abortions but go full bang on for guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 11 hours ago, SnowRider said: Cheering the death of unborn children you're truely a sub human piece of garbage. I hope I run into you in the UP some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 5 hours ago, Capt.Storm said: Gotta give Texas credit though for trying. They pulled a move like the dems are doing by trying to limit certain guns and ammo. And that's all I'm saying ..lets try to get the abortion number down some with more birth control education and promoting adoption more. Funny how the dems don't push more for prevention.of abortions but go full bang on for guns. Democrats want to take away gun rights because they don't think gun ownership is truely a constitutional right. Don't confuse the two!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted June 28, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, jtssrx said: Cheering the death of unborn children you're truely a sub human piece of garbage. I hope I run into you in the UP some day. You make Doe Dumber look smart.....and that is not easy. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 1 minute ago, jtssrx said: Democrats want to take away gun rights because they don't think gun ownership is truely a constitutional right. Don't confuse the two!!! Yeah. Where does the constitution say you have a right to kill unborn baby's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 1 minute ago, SnowRider said: You make Doe Dumber look smart.....and that is not easy. . You repeat yourself over and over again. Emojis and calling people stupid. That's all you've got. Again in hope to run into you in the UP this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted June 28, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 28, 2016 1 minute ago, jtssrx said: You repeat yourself over and over again. Emojis and calling people stupid. That's all you've got. Again in hope to run into you in the UP this winter. Read the thread and responses. I can't comprehend info for you. Not my fault you're dumber than the original. What are you gonna do? . A whole lot of Internet tough guys all of a sudden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Storm Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 7 minutes ago, SnowRider said: Read the thread and responses. I can't comprehend info for you. Not my fault you're dumber than the original. What are you gonna do? . A whole lot of Internet tough guys all of a sudden. and you think it's all fun and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Why is the left so against common sense abortion laws. Don't they want the highest of standards and regulations when it comes to a procedure that could effect a women's health? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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