Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 17:42:03 GMT -6
U.S. Supreme Court denies Wisconsin's appeal on abortion clinic restrictions
Handing down its second major abortion action in as many days, the U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to rescue a Wisconsin law restricting abortion clinics and doctors in the state, leaving in place lower court rulings that had struck it down.
The unsigned order ends a three-year legal fight and was accompanied Tuesday by another rejection of an appeal by Mississippi that sought to reinstate a similar law requiring abortion doctors to admit patients to nearby hospitals.
Wisconsin taxpayers now also face the potential of having to pay perhaps $1 million in attorney fees to abortion clinics, according to one lawyer's rough estimate.
The latest decision also follows a lengthy ruling Monday striking down similar restrictions on abortion providers in Texas — a decision considered the high court's most significant ruling on the procedure in a generation.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/us-supreme-court-denies-wisconsins-appeal-on-abortion-clinic-restrictions-b99752440z1-384689071.html
Handing down its second major abortion action in as many days, the U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to rescue a Wisconsin law restricting abortion clinics and doctors in the state, leaving in place lower court rulings that had struck it down.
The unsigned order ends a three-year legal fight and was accompanied Tuesday by another rejection of an appeal by Mississippi that sought to reinstate a similar law requiring abortion doctors to admit patients to nearby hospitals.
Wisconsin taxpayers now also face the potential of having to pay perhaps $1 million in attorney fees to abortion clinics, according to one lawyer's rough estimate.
The latest decision also follows a lengthy ruling Monday striking down similar restrictions on abortion providers in Texas — a decision considered the high court's most significant ruling on the procedure in a generation.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/us-supreme-court-denies-wisconsins-appeal-on-abortion-clinic-restrictions-b99752440z1-384689071.html