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Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revive Anti-Choice Laws in Mississippi, Wisconsin

HeadlineJun 29, 2016

One day after handing down the most significant victory for abortion access in a generation, the Supreme Court has dealt another victory for reproductive rights. The court rejected attempts by Mississippi and Wisconsin to revive anti-choice measures requiring abortion doctors to hold admitting privileges at local hospitals. The law in Mississippi had threatened to close the state’s only remaining abortion clinic. The court’s decision came after the justices struck down Texas’ admitting privileges requirement and another provision requiring abortion clinics to meet the standards of hospital-style surgery centers. We’ll have more on the significance of the decisions with Stephanie Toti, the attorney who argued the landmark Texas abortion case before the Supreme Court, later in the broadcast.

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