Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined «Supreme Court Dismisses
Oklahoma Abortion Case; State - Level Fights Continue as Texas Appeal Reaches Justices.»
The U.S. Supreme Court, sitting without Justice Antonin Scalia, appeared sharply divided today over Texas abortion clinic regulations in its
biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter - century.
«The drama of the hearings» third day nearly overshadowed the significance of the position Alito staked out on the
landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade, reported Amy Goldstein and Charles Babington in the Washington Post.
«High court could soon take up
new abortion case»: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
In early news coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that «
Abortion Case Dropped as High Court Leaves Law Voided» and «Firearm Ban After Assault Left Intact by U.S. High Court.»
The court adopted the same approach as in
recent abortion cases from Poland and Ireland, by going on to consider the «lawfulness» of the domestic system under Art 8.2.
A STATEMENT FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO LESLIE K. BROWN ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN THE
TEXAS ABORTION CASE, HB2
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Most
Significant Abortion Case in 10 Years, Has Opportunity to Reaffirm Right to Safe, Legal Abortion,, RHTP (March 2, 2016)
That respect for the past reasserted itself this term in the surprising 7 «2 reaffirmation of the benighted Miranda decision, and it played a part in the partial «
birth abortion case.
Justice Ginsburg (joined by Justice Stevens) noted that «amidst all the emotional uproar caused by
an abortion case,» it should be remembered that the prohibition of partial «birth abortion would «not save any fetus from destruction,» and anyway that D&E abortion «is no less distressing or susceptible to gruesome description.»
That more courts have not extended the argument of
the abortion cases to other forms of human killing testifies more to their reticence than to their powers of deduction.
With a few important (and expected) exceptions» notably the partial «birth
abortion case and a silly but destructive football prayer decision» the term was cause for celebration.
Meanwhile, malaria and hypertension recorded the highest cause of admission with 1002 and 709 cases respectively whiles 639
abortion cases were recorded.
Gorsuch has not directly ruled on
an abortion case.
Debate continues among bloggers over whether five Supreme Court justices» Catholicism influenced their decision in
the abortion case Gonzales.
Like Mauro, Coyle reports that
the abortion cases are likely to be early tests of Roberts» consensus - building efforts, as are two key affirmative action cases, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District # 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education.
Virginia asserts, rightfully we feel, that this is «a First Amendment case» and «not
an abortion case.»