Authority: Supreme Court of the United States

Date: 06/29/2020

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, found the constitutional illegitimacy of the Louisiana’s Act 620, where it provided for the obligation for doctors, who practice abortion, to have “admitting privileges” in a nearby hospital, not more than 30 miles away from the clinic where the abortion was practiced, since it amounted to an unjustified obstacle to the right to abortion

Parties: June Medical Services L. L. C. et al. v. Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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