Reproductive rights advocates say that should the Court rule in favor of the Texas Department of State Health Services this summer, the second-largest state in the country will be down to nine or ten clinics providing abortion care.
While anti-choice movement leaders tried to sell the message that the challenged abortion restrictions of HB 2 were put in place to guarantee safer abortion care rather than to curb access, a prominent figure among them strayed off message.
Medical students’ limited opportunities to train in abortion procedures are a major barrier to care. But as bad as the situation is in the United States for medical students, it’s actually much worse in many international settings—including our own home countries.
When the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of Texas anti-abortion regulations it will look as much to the case that upheld the Hyde Amendment as it will the undue burden standard of Casey.
