printWhat if the Supreme Court Rules on Abortion and the Country Shrugs?
by b_b
The decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, expected imminently, could lead to the shuttering of clinics across not just Louisiana but also large parts of the country. Worst-case scenario — which is a real possibility, given the court’s rightward lurch in recent years — abortion clinics would also no longer be able to bring lawsuits on behalf of their patients, as has been common for decades. For all future abortion cases, plaintiffs would have to be individual pregnant women who’ve been turned away from getting the procedure — women who would then need the resources and wherewithal to wage a legal battle that would almost certainly not be resolved in time for them to actually get an abortion.