Truth will out. (Betcha any Republican women who want an abortion don't have any trouble getting one.)

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COMMENTS:
*  Women's health indeed. They couldn't care less about ANYONE"S health. They know damn well that if women cant get a legal abortion, women will resort to coat hangers or drinking bleach. They don't care.  This is how they will make America great again.
*  NOW they're telling the truth. Imagine that!
*  So the Texas Republican Leaders intentionally violated the rights of women...no real surprise. It would be nice if those leaders paid the state back for their illegal efforts. I wonder if those Texas abortion clinics can sue the State of Texas...
   *  I would absolutely love to see Planned Parenthood and all other abortion providers sue the state. Hey, PP, if you read this post, please contact me - I will donate to PP legal fees for it.
*  So much for Robert's disingenuous lie about just calling balls and strikes and respecting stare decisis during his confirmation hearings. The other two con job jackasses, Thomas and Alito, were never real judges. They were politicians with a religious bent.
*  The hypocrisy of the conservative Republicans never seems to end. They moan and groan about America turning its back on religious freedom and claim the high ground in protecting it by throwing young women and their personal rights under the bus. Then they use their legal tools to inflict their narrow religious social interpretations onto all the rest of us without regard to our religious views or how they might differ. My vote will always be aimed at disempowering these loveless, heartless, uncompassionate, miserable, fanatical right wing-nuts.
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Texas Governor Admits Anti-Abortion Law Was About Restricting Abortion

The cat’s out of the bag.

By Marina Fang, June 27, 2016

 After the Supreme Court on Monday struck down his state’s law that would have shuttered dozens of abortion clinics, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) condemned the decision by arguing that it jeopardizes the state’s objective “to protect innocent life.”

“The decision erodes States’ lawmaking authority to safeguard the health and safety of women and subjects more innocent life to being lost,” he said in a press release. “Texas’ goal is to protect innocent life, while ensuring the highest health and safety standards for women.”

In admitting that the law, HB 2, was meant to limit abortions, Abbott deviated from the state’s initial justification for the law, as presented during the case’s oral arguments. Attorneys for the state noted that the law was implemented in order to “protect women’s health” and improve safety at abortion clinics. When pressed by the justices, they insisted that “abortion is legal and accessible” in Texas.

HB 2 imposes obstacles on abortion clinics by requiring that they invest in expensive building upgrades to meet the more stringent standards of ambulatory surgical centers, or mini-hospitals. It also mandates that abortion doctors obtain admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Since the law’s passage in 2013, the number of abortion providers in the state has plummeted from 42 to 19.

In Monday’s ruling, the Court affirmed that the law presents “a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a previability abortion” and “an undue burden on abortion access.”

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a concurring opinion eviscerating the state’s argument that the law was passed to protect women’s health.

“[I]t is beyond rational belief that H.B. 2 could genuinely protect the health of women, and certain that the law ‘would simply make it more difficult for them to obtain abortions,’” she wrote. “When a State severely limits access to safe and legal procedures, women in desperate circumstances may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners ... at great risk to their health and safety.” 

Read more on the case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, and the Supreme Court’s ruling here.
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