Post by pavel on Jan 11, 2016 17:16:38 GMT -6
Keenly aware that the fight over Texas abortion restrictions could produce a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, opponents of the state law have deluged the nine justices with briefs from theologians, doctors, scientists, business executives, historians and women who have received abortions.
The input was designed to offer a broader perspective than the court typically receives from law professors, politicians and advocacy groups — though those perspectives are represented as well in 45 friend-of-the-court briefs recently filed in Washington.
The advocates urged the court to throw out the Texas regulations and establish legal standards clamping down on similar laws that, they say, are back-door attempts to close abortion clinics after previous efforts failed to overturn the constitutional right to abortion that the court established in 1973.
“The stakes in this case for women cannot be overstated,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which also submitted a brief. “Texas paints a grim picture of what will become a reality across the country if the court upholds this shutdown law.”
Read more: www.mystatesman.com/news/news/wide-range-of-abortion-supporters-attack-texas-law/np2pM/?icmp=statesman_internallink_referralbox_free-to-premium-referral
The input was designed to offer a broader perspective than the court typically receives from law professors, politicians and advocacy groups — though those perspectives are represented as well in 45 friend-of-the-court briefs recently filed in Washington.
The advocates urged the court to throw out the Texas regulations and establish legal standards clamping down on similar laws that, they say, are back-door attempts to close abortion clinics after previous efforts failed to overturn the constitutional right to abortion that the court established in 1973.
“The stakes in this case for women cannot be overstated,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which also submitted a brief. “Texas paints a grim picture of what will become a reality across the country if the court upholds this shutdown law.”
Read more: www.mystatesman.com/news/news/wide-range-of-abortion-supporters-attack-texas-law/np2pM/?icmp=statesman_internallink_referralbox_free-to-premium-referral