Supreme Court makes major rulings on abortion, gun rights
The US Supreme Court struck down abortion restrictions in Texas and ruled that domestic violence misdemeanor convictions are grounds to lose gun ownership rights.
In the Texas abortion law case, known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt , the Court threw out a previous ruling by an appellate court in a 5-3 decision. Justices Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan were in the majority, while Thomas, Alito and Roberts dissented.
The Texas law, known as HB2, required abortion providers to have facilities similar to surgical outpatient centers. While the state said that the requirement was necessary to protect women’s health, abortion right groups argued that the law was crafted to make it more difficult for women in Texas to obtain abortions.
The decision was immediately hailed by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
INC News, 27/06/2016 - source: ©RTNews
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