[20190211]LSB10257_路易斯安那州堕胎法法院暂缓执行.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Court Stays Enforcement of Louisiana Abortion Law February 11, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the enforcement of a Louisiana law that requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of the location where the procedure is performed. The stay will continue until the Court acts on a petition to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that previously upheld the states Unsafe Abortion Protection Act (UAPA). The plaintiffs in June Medical Services v. Gee, two physicians who perform abortions and a clinic where the procedure is provided, challenged the law arguing that it would impose an undue burden on women seeking abortions by prompting the closure of most of Louisianas abortion clinics. The plaintiffs maintained that the law is identical to a Texas admitting privileges requirement that was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2016. In June Medical Services, however, the Fifth Circuit emphasized that admitting privileges are easier to obtain in Louisiana and that only one of the six physic