by Dylan » Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:43 am
How is it in their "interests"?
Why are they imposing such requirements on clinics that only offer pharmaceutical abortions?.is that really in the interest of women's health or is it to reduce access to abortions?
Another example: HB2 imposes the requirement that abortion clinics have ASC facilities and operating rooms with certain dimensions. And yet, neither of these is is at all necessary for abortions according to medical experts such as the two organizations I cited. Is there a substantive refutation of this beyond Phos's ad hom?
It's also telling that this is all wrapped up in a law that bans certain types of abortions. Makes the intent to limit abortions quite clear (and the effect has been the same - a large reduction in the availability of abortions and, in some cases, women not receiving abortions they desire because of the logjam created by the law).
SCOTUS should strike it as an undue burden and I wouldn't be surprised at all if they do.