Federal judge blocks enforcement of new Louisiana abortion law
Source: AP
BATON ROUGE, La. A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of Louisianas restrictive new abortion law. But lawyers disagree about whether his order covers doctors at all five of the states clinics or only two doctors and three clinics.
District Judge John deGravelles says the law can still take effect Monday. But he says officials cannot penalize the doctors and clinics that sued for breaking it until after a hearing on a broader pretrial order.
The law requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to a nearby hospital. A lawsuit claims that likely would close all five abortion clinics.
DeGravelles says the doctors risk of fines and losing licenses outweighs any injury to the state from keeping the status quo. He noted the state health secretary says she wont prosecute doctors while their hospital applications are still undecided
Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140831-breaking-federal-judge-blocks-enforcement-of-new-louisiana-abortion-law.ece
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)On this issue. The GOP doesn't give a damn about making sure the children when they are born, don't worry if the child has proper nutrition, education or shelter. Doesn't make me think they are really against abortions.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)To quote George Carlin: "Conservatives want live babies so they can raise em' to be dead soldiers."
alp227
(32,052 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)Hopefully some additional details will be supplied as they update the story.
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)Published on Monday, September 01, 2014
by Common Dreams
Louisiana Judge Partially Blocks State's New Restrictive Abortion Law
Set to take effect on Monday, the law could have forced abortion clinics to close throughout the state
by Nadia Prupis, staff writer
A Louisiana judge on Sunday partially blocked the states restrictive new abortion law, set to take effect on Monday, which would require doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles.
Four doctors challenged the law on the grounds that they were not given enough time to acquire those privileges. They said the law would have forced all five of Louisianas abortion clinics to close down. One of the plaintiffs had admitting privileges within 30 miles of his office, but said that he feared for his safety if he were to become the only abortion provider in the state.
Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the ruling protected Louisiana women from an underhanded law that seeks to strip them of their health and rights.
In his temporary decision, Judge John de Gravelles ruled that the four doctors would not be subject to penalties or sanctions while they were in the process of seeking admitting privileges. Their risk of being prosecuted and losing their licenses outweighs any injury to the state, de Gravelles said.
In a press release, CRR described admitting privileges requirements as designed by anti-choice politicians to devastate womens access to abortion services.
More:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/01/louisiana-judge-partially-blocks-states-new-restrictive-abortion-law