Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 5:47:55 GMT -6
Supreme Court abortion decision resonates for Missouri, Kansas
A momentous Supreme Court ruling on Monday struck down provisions in a Texas abortion law that justices said imposed unconstitutional burdens on women seeking to end their pregnancy.
The decision clearly said legislative efforts that purport to protect the health of women seeking abortions can create an undue burden or obstacle that deprives them of their rights.
“Neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the majority opinion. “Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking (an) abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the federal Constitution.”
The 5-3 ruling will have implications beyond Texas, including in Missouri and Kansas, both of which have similar abortion restrictions. One, in Missouri, resulted in the closing of a medical abortion clinic in Columbia.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/article86291867.html
A momentous Supreme Court ruling on Monday struck down provisions in a Texas abortion law that justices said imposed unconstitutional burdens on women seeking to end their pregnancy.
The decision clearly said legislative efforts that purport to protect the health of women seeking abortions can create an undue burden or obstacle that deprives them of their rights.
“Neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the majority opinion. “Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking (an) abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the federal Constitution.”
The 5-3 ruling will have implications beyond Texas, including in Missouri and Kansas, both of which have similar abortion restrictions. One, in Missouri, resulted in the closing of a medical abortion clinic in Columbia.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/article86291867.html