http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/21/3637241/judge-strikes-scott-walkers-anti-abortion-law/
A judge in Wisconsin struck down on Friday a state law that requires doctors performing abortions to secure admission privileges to nearby hospitals, temporarily blocking it.
U.S. District Judge William Conley ruled that the measure, signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker (R) in July of 2013, violated the 14th amendment. “The marginal benefit to women’s health of requiring hospital admitting privileges, if any, is substantially outweighed by the burden this requirement will have on women’s health outcomes due to restricted access to abortions in Wisconsin,” Conley wrote.
“While the court agrees with the State that sometimes it is necessary to reduce access to insure safety, this is decidedly not one of those instances,” he added. Walker defended the law during his 2014 re-election campaign with a TV add that claimed it increased safety and provided “more information for a woman considering her options.” “The bill leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor,” he said.
Planned Parenthood and Affiliated Medical Services sued the state over the law, arguing that it would have closed two abortion clinics. On Friday, they applauded the ruling. But a spokesperson for Walker promised to appeal the decision. “Our office will work with the attorney general to appeal this ruling, and we believe the law will ultimately be upheld,” said Walker aide Laurel Patrick. In 2010, Walker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial he wishes to outlaw all abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Judge Conely argued that there is no medical need for doctors to maintain admitting privileges and pointed out that “less than 0.65 percent of patients experienced a complication after an abortion and that only 0.06% required hospitalization as a result.”
things are beginning to go the opposite way the right wing intends this is great, the scotus is wishy washy and we never know what the right wing majority will do we can only pray for democracy and not republicany, then we need to work on reversing that voter rights sect 4 they deliberately inflicted Progressive voters with, then we need to get rid of life time appt.s these guys do much less work than the do nothing congress and sit on their butts with the assurance that we can like it or go to hell, how much of our gov't are we going to allow to flip us the finger while they appease the rich????
