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Bulletin from the Supreme Court
SUPREME COURT: ROBERTS SIDES WITH LIBERAL JUSTICES, NARROWLY STRIKING DOWN LOUISIANA'S ABORTION ADMITTING PRIVILEGES LAW
The disappointing decision will allow abortionists in Louisiana to continue to use their victims as a legal shield to continue to operate unchecked. While doctors at all other ambulatory surgical facilities in the state must have admitting privileges at local hospitals, abortionists in the state have avoided this requirement and will continue to do so.
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a 5 to 4 ruling today, stating that Louisiana's Act 620, dubbed "The Unsafe Abortion Protection Act," is unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberals on the Court. The case of June Medical Services v. Russo was the first abortion-related case to be heard by both Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, considered to be conservative-leading judges, and signifies that the court is also likely unwilling to overturn Roe v. Wade or to allow states to pass commonsense abortion restrictions.
The decision of the Court states, "Louisiana's Act 620 imposes a burden on access to abortion just as severe as that imposed by the early identical Texas law invalidated four years ago in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt," and therefore, "cannot stand under principles of stare decisis."
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch, a recent Trump appointee, wrote about his belief that abortion providers shouldn't have standing to file suit on behalf of "an undefined, unnamed, indeed unknown, group of women who they hope will be their patients in the future":
After overlooking so many facts and the deference owed to the legislative process, today's decision misapplies many of the rules that normally constrain the judicial process. Start with the question who can sue. To establish standing in federal court, a plaintiff typically must assert an injury to her own legally protected interests-not the rights of someone else...
No one even attempts to suggest this usual prerequisite is satisfied here. The plaintiffs before us are abortion providers. They do not claim a constitutional right to perform that procedure, and no one on the Court contends they hold such a right.
Instead, the abortion providers before us seek only to assert the constitutional rights of an undefined, unnamed, indeed unknown, group of women who they hope will be their patients in the future. In narrow circumstances, to be sure, this Court has allowed cases to proceed based on "third-party standing." But to qualify, the plaintiff must demonstrate both that he has a "'close' relationship" with the person whose rights he wishes to assert and that some "'hindrance'" hampers the right-holder's "ability to protect his own interests."... Think of parents and children, guardians and wards. In these special cases, the logic goes, the plaintiff's interests are so aligned with those of a particular right-holder that the litigation will proceed in much the same way as if the right-holder herself were present. Nothing like that exists here.
The disappointing decision will allow abortionists in Louisiana to continue to use their victims as a legal shield to continue to operate unchecked. While doctors at all other ambulatory surgical facilities in the state must have admitting privileges at local hospitals, abortionists in the state have avoided this requirement and will continue to do so. Holding abortionists to the same standard as other surgical center physicians would ensure that any woman injured during an abortion would have access to timely and appropriate continuity of care at a local emergency room. Admitting privileges allow an outpatient doctor to alert emergency room staff of the patient's condition before she arrives at the hospital
Some abortion businesses in Louisiana have admitted that they do not run background checks on the abortionists they hire. Requiring admitting privileges would help to ensure the competency of abortionists, since hospitals review training and experience before allowing doctors to receive admitting privileges. (Read more)
Sources: Breaking Christian News; LiveAction.org
Statement from the Press Secretary
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Today's Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
"In an unfortunate ruling today, the Supreme Court devalued both the health of mothers and the lives of unborn children by gutting Louisiana's policy that required all abortion procedures be performed by individuals with admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. States have legitimate interests in regulating any medical procedure-including abortions-to protect patient safety. Instead of valuing fundamental democratic principles, unelected Justices have intruded on the sovereign prerogatives of State governments by imposing their own policy preference in favor of abortion to override legitimate abortion safety regulations."
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Our Prayer
Our Prayer
- Holy God . . . we have no words . . . Lord God, we cry out for MERCY to rest upon our land today, in the face of certain and soon-coming judgment.
We hang our harps, and grieve in repentance . . . Father, forgive these justices, and especially Chief Justice John Roberts, for they truly do not know what they do. In the mighty name of our Messiah, Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Lord we pray, amen.
- "Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. . . 39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him."
(Psalm 37: 1,2,39,40)
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Capitol Hill Prayer Partners (CHPP) is a ministry which is positioned on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., helping members of the Body of Christ to "pray for those in authority over us" in our federal government. Our primary purpose is to offer intercession on site for the members of Congress and their staffs each day that the Senate and the House of Representatives are in session; and our chief prayer focus is that "God's will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." [Matthew 6:10].
Because Jesus Christ has shed His blood for all, we, too, pray for ALL, in a nonpartisan manner. Also, because the scriptures indicate that "the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 4:17), we are confident that fervent prayer, offered in the halls of the highest chambers of government in our land, can avail much for America. Capitol Hill Prayer Partners welcomes those who feel called to join us, engaging in this strategic work of intercession for our nation: "For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God." [Romans 13:1]
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