Louisiana cannot implement a restrictive law that opponents say would have left only one doctor eligible to provide abortions in the state, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the four liberal justices in the majority, the court granted a request from two physicians and a clinic to block Louisiana’s Act 620, which requires that doctors performing abortions hold “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of where the procedure takes place.
