{"id":96743,"date":"2016-06-27T17:45:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96743"},"modified":"2016-08-31T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:41:08","slug":"pro-abortion-media-reacts-to-supreme-court-texas-abortion-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-media-reacts-to-supreme-court-texas-abortion-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion media reacts to Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion absolutists have wasted no time popping the champagne corks in response to this morning\u2019s horrendous Supreme Court ruling<\/a> against Texas\u2019s right to regulate abortion facilities in the interest of women\u2019s health and safety.<\/p>\n

Jezebel\u2019s Stassa Edwards, for instance, reacted by declaring<\/a>, \u201cThank f***ing god.\u201d You know, to beat back those vicious, unfair stereotypes about pro-aborts being crass juveniles who don\u2019t appreciate the life-or-death stakes of their issue.<\/p>\n

The rest of her piece is a by-the-numbers recitation of the usual litany of discredited pro-abortion talking points against HB 2, of which one stands out:<\/p>\n

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[M]ost major medical groups agree that the TRAP bill endangers women\u2019s healthcare by either delaying or outright blocking the procedure. This is evidenced, perhaps, by the fact that, in Texas, DIY abortion is on the rise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The source for that claim is, naturally, the infamous Texas Policy Evaluation Project study on self-abortion attempts which Live Action and others debunked more than seven months ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if we turn the clock back to before abortion-industry sympathizers had a partisan incentive to oppose admitting privileges, many of those same major medical groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Associations, and thirty others agreed<\/a> they were a valid and important standard for anything falling under the umbrella of office-based outpatient surgical care. (Oh, and even the National Abortion Federation<\/a> endorsed admitting privileges\u2026 sixteen years ago.)<\/p>\n

Mother Jones\u2019 contribution to the festivities is to present<\/a> the \u201cbest lines\u201d from the ruling:<\/p>\n

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STEPHEN BREYER: We have found nothing in Texas’ record evidence that shows that, compared to prior law\u2026the new law advanced Texas\u2019 legitimate interest in protecting women’s health.<\/p>\n

BREYER: More fundamentally, in the face of no threat to women’s health, Texas seeks to force women to travel long distances to get abortions in crammed-to-capacity superfacilities. Patients seeking these services are less likely to get the kind of individualized attention, serious conversation, and emotional support that doctors at less taxed facilities may have offered.<\/p>\n

RUTH BADER GINSBURG: It is beyond rational belief that H. B. 2 could genuinely protect the health of women, and certain that the law “would simply make it more difficult for them to obtain abortions.”<\/p>\n

GINSBURG: When a State severely limits access to safe and legal procedures, women in desperate circumstances may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners, faute de mieux, at great risk to their health and safety.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If these are the best, then that alone proves the case was wrongly decided. First, how could the Justices find no evidence when the evidence includes the aforementioned conclusion of 32 authoritative medical organizations, women who’ve been injured or killed<\/a> by botched abortions, and the plaintiff organization\u2019s own record<\/a><\/em> of failure to have:<\/p>\n