Monday’s’ 5-4 decision in June Medical Services v. Russo is a disappointing setback for pro-life advocates and the reasonable regulation of abortion. The health and safety of women should always come before the interests of abortionists and their businesses.
June Medical involved a challenge to Louisiana’s Act 620, a law requiring abortionists in the state to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they perform the procedure. Opponents of Act 620 — four abortionists and five Louisiana abortion businesses — went to court and successfully blocked the law from going into effect. They argued that the Louisiana law was unconstitutional, pointing to Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. In that 2016 case, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas hospital admitting privileges law in a 5-3 decision. Sadly, a majority of the justices on the high court in 2020 agreed with the abortionists and declared the Louisiana law unconstitutional, as well.
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