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Supreme Court Considers Law That Requires Admitting Privileges for Abortion Docs

Supreme Court Considers Law That Requires Admitting Privileges for Abortion Docs
Pro-abortionists rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 4, 2020. The court is reviewing abortion restrictions in Louisiana, where state law requires the abortionist to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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WASHINGTON—A Louisiana law that requires abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place should be upheld because it protects women’s health, the state’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court on March 4 as protests raged outside.

Oral arguments came in the case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, as partisan, election-year rancor rose to a fever pitch outside the courthouse.