Post by pavel on Feb 27, 2016 2:06:24 GMT -6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion clinics in Louisiana want the Supreme Court to allow them to stay open and block a ruling that could leave just one of four clinics providing abortions.
The clinics said in an emergency appeal to the high court late Friday that only a clinic in New Orleans would remain open if the state is allowed to enforce a law that requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Clinics in Baton Rouge and Bossier City already have had to stop providing abortions, said the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the clinics at the Supreme Court. A clinic in Shreveport would have to stop providing abortions soon, the group said.
A federal judge ruled last month that the law is unconstitutional and prevented it from going into effect. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the law could be enforced even as the legal fight continues.
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The clinics said in an emergency appeal to the high court late Friday that only a clinic in New Orleans would remain open if the state is allowed to enforce a law that requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Clinics in Baton Rouge and Bossier City already have had to stop providing abortions, said the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the clinics at the Supreme Court. A clinic in Shreveport would have to stop providing abortions soon, the group said.
A federal judge ruled last month that the law is unconstitutional and prevented it from going into effect. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the law could be enforced even as the legal fight continues.
Read more: hosted2.ap.org/NMSAN/22cc57cfcadf46539fed78000445f467/Article_2016-02-26-US--Supreme%20Court-Abortion-Louisiana/id-621a092cbd0843ad8dbd0fc2fbc9b0a2