NEW op-ed from Kathaleen Pittman of Hope Medical Group for Women, the Louisiana abortion clinic that we represented in our Supreme Court case, June Medical Services vs. Russo.
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"For six years, my lawyers have been fighting a law that would have shut down the abortion clinic I run in Shreveport, Louisiana — Hope Medical Group for Women. On Monday, we won in the [U.S] Supreme Court, which struck down the law, meaning we can stay open for our patients."
"I wish the relentless attempts by politicians to shut down our clinic would finally stop. I know they won’t... Our win was critical because it saves the few clinics remaining in Louisiana... Over the years, I’ve watched the other clinics disappear, wondering if we will be next."
"All too frequently, there are new anti-abortion laws passed that we must learn to comply with somehow. I have our lawyers at the Center for Reproductive Rights on speed dial and often call them multiple times a week to make sure the state has no excuse to shut us down."
"States have passed more than 450 anti-abortion laws since 2011, and the law struck down by the Supreme Court yesterday was just one of them...
If these laws keep piling up, it is not a matter of if we will be forced to close, but when."
Read Kathaleen's full op-ed here: usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
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