#SCOTUS, by vote of 5-4, strikes down Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have right to admit patients at nearby hospitals
Here is the 5-4 opinion in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo written by Justice Breyer. Chief Justice Roberts concurred in the judgment only. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-1323_c07d.pdf
Breyer explaining the court's rationale in striking down Louisiana abortion law:
Roberts joins the four liberals. He says Whole Women's Health, the 2016 case about a near word-for-word similar abortion law in Texas, controls this case—even though Roberts continues to think Whole Women's Health was wrongly decided.
Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all filed separate dissents. Here's Alito's opener:
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