WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law restricting abortions, ruling by a 5-4 vote that it was identical to a Texas law requiring providers to obtain hospital admitting privileges that the justices invalidated in 2016. In an opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer, four liberal justices reaffirmed their 2016 decision that such measures have no medical benefits and thus interfere with a woman’s constitutional right to end a pregnancy.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 29, 2020 14:20 UTC