TOPLINEIn a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana abortion law that required doctors performing the procedures to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, which critics argued did not help patients, and instead made obtaining the procedure more difficult. A 2019 pro-choice rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty ImagesKEY FACTSAccording to the Los Angeles Times, the contested Louisiana law would have closed all but one of the state’s clinics. The court asserted in its opinion that the Louisiana law is virtually identical to one from Texas that they struck down in 2016. Key backgroundThe Louisiana law was enacted in 2014, with supporters saying it protected women’s health, while detractors argued it constricted abortion access. Before his political career, Trump said in 1999 television interview that he was “pro-choice in every respect.”Further readingSupreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions (New York Times)Federal Law Protects LGBT Workers From Discrimination, Supreme Court Says (Forbes)Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration From Ending DACA (Forbes)How Trump became an abortion hard-liner (Washington Post)

Source: Forbes June 29, 2020 14:18 UTC