In Washington, D.C., Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in a pivotal abortion case involving the state of Louisiana. The case involves a statute requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled a similar law in Texas unconstitutional, but since then two Trump appointees — Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch — have tilted the court further to the right. This is Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaking at a pro-choice rally outside the Supreme Court Wednesday.

Nancy Northup: “The law that’s being challenged remains one which has no medical benefit, and remains one that would have a tremendous impact in blocking access to clinics and harming women in the state of Louisiana, as it did in the state of Texas. It’s an underhanded law that is designed to bar access to abortion, which the Constitution guarantees.”

Meanwhile, Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a rare rebuke to a U.S. lawmaker. Roberts said in a statement Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made “inappropriate” and “dangerous” remarks when he said Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh will “pay the price” if they cut back abortion rights. Schumer’s office fired back, calling Roberts’s comments unfair and saying the chief justice was siding with Republicans, and asked why he didn’t issue a similar statement when President Trump attacked justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.