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Was today's SCOTUS ruling on Texas abortion laws good for health care safety standards?
The Supreme Court just struck down a Texas law that looked as though it would close three-quarters of the state’s abortion clinics by putting new requirements on facilities and doctors. There were two provisions of the Texas law (known as HB2) at issue: the first required doctors at abortion clinics to have local admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The second required all clinics to upgrade their facilities to hospital-grade standards. Nearly half of the clinics in Texas have already closed since the law was imposed in 2013 because they were unable to meet the new legal criteria. Texas legislators claimed the HB 2 laws were implemented to better patient safety, while opponents said the real aim was to severely reduce Texas women's access to abortion.
Was today's SCOTUS ruling on Texas abortion laws good for American safety standards in healthcare?
The 5-3 ruling is the court’s first abortion decision in almost a decade, and abortion-rights advocates are calling it the most consequential Supreme Court ruling on this issue since 1992, when the court reaffirmed a constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
Reproductive rights groups applauded the ruling, claiming that Texas lawyers never proved the HB2 laws protected women's safety in any way.
Antiabortion groups are sharply criticizing the decision as a serious blow to the pro-life movement and to healthcare regulation. They believe abortion is murder and are opposed to it in almost all circumstances; they also say that HB2 laws were designed to reduce women's health risks and increase safety.
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Was today's SCOTUS ruling on Texas abortion laws good for health care safety standards?
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Hillary Clinton lauded the decision as a positive one for women's health.
Hillary Clinton hails #SCOTUS decision striking down abortion restrictions in Texas: https://t.co/nQ1PunKnSy pic.twitter.com/eU9HpY5Nzg
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 27, 2016
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Many pro-life advocates said the decision legalizes violating safety standards.
Essentially, SCOTUS ruled that you have a right to overrule health regulations if they make abortion less convenient.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 27, 2016
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The conservative Heritage Foundation tweeted that the decision was a loss for women's safety.
#SCOTUS was wrong to strike down a reasonable law that protected women from unsafe abortion facilities like Kermit Gosnell’s deadly clinic.
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) June 27, 2016
The Court's majority opinion argued that HB 2 afforded women no real health or safety benefits.
Majority opinion of the Supreme Court compared the risks of abortion to other procedures. https://t.co/W1hsHt7Jdn pic.twitter.com/OLLcmidp5W
— NPR (@NPR) June 27, 2016
And pro-choice leaders argue that laws like HB 2 were never about safety standards, but about reducing women's access to abortion.
Abortion is safe. Safer than colonoscopy. Safer than liposuction. ASC requirements are unnecessary. #StoptheSham pic.twitter.com/mtZea1vJgw
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 27, 2016
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Texas's lieutenant governor called the decision a terrible one for the women of the Lone Star State
Today's #SCOTUS ruling on #HB2 is a devastating blow to Texas women's health and safety. #txlege
— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) June 27, 2016
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