Wisconsin Abortion Law Signed By Gov. Scott Walker Blocked By Judge

[Stuart G]

Source: Huffington Post, AP

Scott Bauer
8:06 pm EDT
AP

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday evening to block enforcement of a new Wisconsin law that bans doctors who lack admitting privileges at nearby hospitals from performing abortions.

U.S. District Judge William Conley granted the order following a hearing in a lawsuit filed Friday by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and Affiliated Medical Services. It alleged the requirement would unconstitutionally restrict the availability of abortions in the state, violates the U.S. Constitution's due process guarantee and unconstitutionally treats doctors who perform abortions differently from those who perform other procedures.

The restraining order will remain in place pending a fuller hearing July 17. In his ruling, Conley said "there is a troubling lack of justification for the hospital admitting privileges requirement." He said the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states must prove that restrictions on abortion rights must be reasonably aimed at preserving the mother's health.

"Moreover, the record to date strongly supports a finding that no medical purpose is served by this requirement," he said.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/wisconsin-abortion-law_n_3563743.html

[question everything]

1. Good. At least there are some reasonable judges

in many states.

[alp227]

15. This judge is an Obama nominee n/t

[question everything]

20. Thanks. Does not surprise me

even with all the anger being poured on him on these pages these days...

[warrant46]

26. Walker is a so called "Pro-lifer"

And we have got to stop calling him a "pro-lifer". He is NOT pro life, he is pro birth. So long as it's born that's all that matters to him.
If he were truly pro life he wouldn't fight so hard against the programs that help those in need or trying to cut medicaid like he recently did. His attitude is "Once its born---Its your Problem".

[gopiscrap]

2. Scott Walker is such a shit stain on the asshole of humanity

I was sure he'd be recalled....still think that election was rigged.

[Stuart G]

6. Much worse..

He belongs in the lowest rung in Hell....whatever is the worst.

Scott Walker defines "hate"

[gopiscrap]

7. Agreed

[Auntie Bush]

10. He is one hateful man and he hates women?

Also Democrates and unions.

[Iliyah]

17. And he is running

for President in 2016 to boot!

[ReRe]

11. He's evil incarnate. :-( n/t

[1ProudAtheist]

3. The Baggers Keep On

Writing these unconstitutional laws, and the courts keep on overturning them. Why not put all of that effort into something useful, like some sort of jobs legislation?

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I also wonder how many tax dollars it costs the states to defend

these unconstitutional bills when they are challenged in court.

[Lifelong Protester]

4. Slow it down, at least!

The more stuff like this can be dragged out or make their way through the courts via lawsuit, the more people find out what this DB is like.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. .

[Thinkingabout]

9. Thank goodness for some sanity, I wish the one issue voters for pro life would look

Deeper than this issue and then maybe we could elect decent people to office, if not we will end up with crazy Scott Walkers.

[rocktivity]

12. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

And may it be the first of many!


rocktivity

[Ellipsis]

13. All eyes on puss bag JB Van Hollen

[lobodons]

14. The Question before the House is Non Debatable!!

How do these tools even get elected?

[MotherPetrie]

16. K&R

[SunSeeker]

18. Those Repukes knew that law was unconstitutional from day 1.

They want SCOTUS to overturn Roe using one of these laws.

[AlbertCat]

19. Think of all the money being wasted because of Repugs' hubris

We coulda balanced the budget by now.

I mean, all these laws (not just abortion related) that are blatantly unconstitutional from the get go. And they know it too.

They really cannot deal with losing elections, can they? They're gonna do what THEY want....and show you!

[47of74]

21. Up yours, Scott Walker

And the same goes for all the Christo-taliban in the Wisconsin legislature.

[Just Saying]

22. The best part

"Moreover, the record to date strongly supports a finding that no medical purpose is served by this requirement," he said.

These legislators shouldn't be allowed to pass laws that impact health when they are so clearly unqualified. They need to stop trying to judge, punish and force their religious beliefs on women!

[Coyotl]

25. kick

a prelude to Ohio and Texas

[Scuba]

27. The Taliban, Wisconsin Synod, really needs to get their asses kicked out of office.

[warrant46]

31. They are scum

[malthaussen]

28. The GOP/DoJ Twostep

There's been a lot of this going around lately, notice? Some GOP legislature passes a ridiculous bill, some judge issues an injunction, the legislature appeals and makes mouth-noises of outrage about Balance of Powers, and so on and so on and scooby-dooby-dooby.

This is actually the system working. One of the ideas behind the Separation of Powers concept was that if one branch of the government is overrun by yahoos, the other branches can restrain its worst excesses until the voting system can restore the balance. While I happen to think there's a bit too much of the "Invisible Hand" in that conception, it certainly is being played out in this century.

-- Mal

[Egalitarian Thug]

29. K&R. Thanks for posting. n/t

[DirkGently]

30. A small step in the right direction. n/t