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What a great day for Women!!! The Supremes roll back the law in Texas that.... (Original Post) Walk away Jun 2016 OP
Really great great news! Her Sister Jun 2016 #1
Wow! Our Supreme court with 8 on it? Cha Jun 2016 #2
Kennedy!!! Walk away Jun 2016 #3
Grazie! Cha Jun 2016 #4
WOW! Thanks for this news. It IS a great day! Rose Siding Jun 2016 #5
This is HUGE! Haveadream Jun 2016 #6
WooHoo. Was hoping! Thank you Justices Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer, Fla Dem Jun 2016 #7
Think this was one of the cases the RW was not letting Obama appoint a new SCJ. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #8
Fantastic news! William769 Jun 2016 #9
Good news, read where the RW of Texas was unhappy about the ruling, probably the same RW Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #10
K&R! stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #11
k&r Little Star Jun 2016 #12
K&R! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #13
Great day4women! HRC & Warren. 2 SC decisions: saved Roe v Wade & protected abused partners frm guns Her Sister Jun 2016 #14
Really good news! mcar Jun 2016 #15
A great day for women in Texas and everywhere! Kath1 Jun 2016 #16
K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #17

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
6. This is HUGE!
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:18 AM
Jun 2016

What has been happening to the poor people in those states is a nightmare. The conservatives have taken every legal advantage to absolutely decimate access to reproductive choices for women. This is outstanding news. Thank you so much for sharing it, Walk away!

Fla Dem

(25,639 posts)
7. WooHoo. Was hoping! Thank you Justices Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer,
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:28 AM
Jun 2016

and especially Justice Kennedy who was the swing vote!

Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic regulations
Associated Press
By MARK SHERMAN
1 hr ago

JWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.

The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state.

Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion for the court held that the regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit a woman's right to an abortion.

Texas had argued that its 2013 law and subsequent regulations were needed to protect women's health. The rules required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery.

Breyer wrote that "the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions and constitutes an 'undue burden' on their constitutional right to do so."

Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined Breyer.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-strikes-down-texas-abortion-clinic-regulations/ar-AAhEPNU?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=msnHomepage



Fla Dem

(25,639 posts)
8. Think this was one of the cases the RW was not letting Obama appoint a new SCJ.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 10:30 AM
Jun 2016

But they lost anyway.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
10. Good news, read where the RW of Texas was unhappy about the ruling, probably the same RW
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jun 2016

parents who wants to home school their kids in Texas and without any requirement the home schooled meet a standard like reading, etc.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
14. Great day4women! HRC & Warren. 2 SC decisions: saved Roe v Wade & protected abused partners frm guns
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 01:27 PM
Jun 2016
Great day for women! HRC & Warren. 2 SC decisions: saved Roe v Wade & protected abused partners frm guns. Great pics everywhere


https://twitter.com/sandearl/status/747490454829043712

Is Today Woman's Day or something??? What a way to start the week!!!
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