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Supreme Court Rules Against Louisiana Women and Life

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Last week, the Supreme Court failed the women of Louisiana by invalidating a law meant to protect women by raising the standard of care to an acceptable level in cases of abortion. The state of Louisiana sought to close the inadequacy in the law that permitted abortionists to operate at a lower care level than any other medical provider.

You can read CWA’s coverage of the court’s decision in the following articles:

Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Louisiana express our heartfelt gratitude to Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry; Solicitor General, Liz Murril, and Sen. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe) for their all their work on the case.

While this was a very disappointing decision, we press forward. CWA of Louisiana will not relent in our efforts to protect women and to protect life.

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Contact me today to learn more about the work of CWA of Louisiana. You are needed, and I would love to talk with you on how you can influence and impact our culture here in Louisiana through prayer, education, and action.

Please pray for mothers who are facing “unplanned pregnancies” and feel their only choice is to end the life of their child. Please pray women who find themselves in crisis pregnancies will find help at a Christian-based Crisis Pregnancy Center where they will not only receive the emotional and financial help that they need but have the Good News of the Gospel shared with them.

Anchored in Christ,
Laura Huber
State Director

CWA CEO and President Penny Nance speaking at Protect Women Protect Life rally at the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Circumvents Louisiana’s State’s Rights

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Concerned Women for America (CWA) ­­is dismayed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision this week in June Medical Services v. Russo. The decision is not a ruling involving the constitutionality of abortion, but rather about upholding protective health codes and guidelines for women receiving medical procedures involving abortion. Unfortunately, in this case, the highest Court again turned its back on protecting life and protecting women.

In 2014, Louisiana State Senator Katrina Jackson, a Democrat, took a stand to protect women’s health relating to abortion procedures by sponsoring Louisiana Law 620, the Unsafe Abortion Protection Act. The state law ensured safety for women receiving abortions by requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. The law safeguards women during medical procedures in case of emergencies, as well as aligns with medical protocol required for the rest of the state. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s ruling declared the law “unconstitutional” as an “undue burden” on abortion and failed the citizens of Louisiana who believe in the importance of guarding women’s health and safety.

State Senator Jackson vowed to protect against “shoddy medical care … There is no dispute in the medical community about the known complications of abortion, such as hemorrhage, uterine perforation and incomplete abortion … Every complication can become serious and have the potential to change the course of a woman’s life by endangering her reproductive health.”

She went on to state, “While abortion is legally protected, abortion facilities should have the same health standards as the rest of the medical profession. Why should we settle for lower standards for women, especially when women are often coerced or abandoned to the trauma of abortion? I am pro-woman and pro-life.”

U.S. Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) had this to say:

“I am frustrated and angered by today’s Supreme Court ruling. As an OB/GYN of 25 years, I have personally cared for women in emergency situations after they were driving home from a botched abortion … It is necessary to require abortion clinics to comply with basic regulations protecting these women. Beyond the obvious tragedy of abortion, today’s ruling will put the lives and direct health of women at risk. A shameful and wrong decision.”

Louisiana’s abortion clinics, including June Medical Services, have been flagged on multiple occasions with violating safety codes and guidelines. Violations documented in Statements of Deficiencies by the Louisiana Department of Health include failure to ensure all patients completed and signed consent forms for the abortion procedure, failure to ensure an abortion patient was medically stable upon discharge, failure to ensure that the physician performed and documented a physical examination on each abortion patient, failure to ensure medical supplies utilized were sanitary, unexpired, and properly stored, and more.

Instead of affirming a state’s right to regulate against such egregious violations, the Court majority chose instead to fail women by refusing to allow states like Louisiana to regulate abortion in the same way it regulates other medical procedures. This ruling extends the bad Supreme Court precedent that only guarantees future court fights over state laws.  Rest assured that CWA will be there rallying for the pro-woman, pro-life cause, and against the misguided abortion “carve-outs” that continue to be perpetuated by the Court.

Lindsey Hudson is a CWA 2020 Intern for our Government Relations Dept.

Penny Nance at Protect Women Protect Life rally at Supreme Court

Conservative Women Decry Chief Justice Roberts’ Politically Correct Jurisprudence

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Washington, D.C.— Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, invalidating a law meant to protect women by raising the standard of care to an acceptable level in cases of abortion. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America had this to say:

“What a disappointment Chief Justice John Roberts has turned out to be. June Medical Services v. Russo is about whether the abortion industry in Louisiana should receive special exemption from state regulators or should be held to the same standard of medical care that other outpatient procedures require.  Doctors must have hospital admitting privileges for a colonoscopy, why not for abortion?  Do women deserve the same standard of care for emergencies or not?  The state of Louisiana wants to require that abortion doctors have admitting privileges, but the left sees this as a threat to their unregulated abortion agenda.

“It’s unconscionable that abortion clinics have been given a special carve out shielding them from the responsibility for providing a standard of care that a woman deserves under any circumstance.  CWA does not believe abortion is health care.  But the left is hypocritical when it claims that abortion is health care and then opposes requiring doctors to have the full responsibility of a medical provider as an ‘unconstitutional burden.’

“Conservatives must face the fact that we still face a liberal majority in the most important cases at the Supreme Court. When it matters most, some conservative justices have unfortunately shown themselves to be susceptible to the politically correct mob’s demands.

“The hundreds of thousands of women I represent will not let up. We will redouble our efforts to make sure more courageous justices are appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“What this case ultimately demonstrates is that the fight for life is the fight for women’s rights. We are not discouraged. We are not deterred. We will fight, and we will win. For life. For Women.”

Laura Huber, State Director, Concerned Women for America of Louisiana, had this to say:

“The Supreme Court today failed the women of Louisiana. It was we who demanded these protections from our elected officials. But the Supreme Court, once again, imposes itself over the will of the people and enacts their preferred liberal policies by judicial fiat. Women are not free to decide for themselves in the case of abortion. The Supreme Court will dictate what we can and cannot do with our laws. Shame on these five justices who stood against women today. We are especially disappointed to see the Chief Justice, who acknowledges the decision upon which they decided this case was wrongly decided, still let himself be bullied into the politically correct position. But we are not deterred. We will continue to fight for women. We will continue to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves. We will continue to fight for life.”

CWA Stands for Women at the Supreme Court. Will You Join Us?

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If you live in or around the D.C. area,
we need and want you with us on March 4!

Last October, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Virginia joined CWA’s national office as we rallied in front of the Supreme Court. Read more here. I want to thank those of you who were able to join us!

And I want to invite you to join us again as we head back to the Supreme Court to tell the justices that abortionists do not speak for women.

Here are the details:
On Wednesday, March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in June Medical, an important case where pro-abortion advocates are challenging a Louisiana law that requires abortionists to possess admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their abortion facilities. Louisiana enacted the law to protect women in the event they experience complications related to an abortion.

CWA invites you to join our CEO and President Penny Nance, our CWA of Louisiana member Sancha Smith, LSU’s Young Women for America president Lillie Knight and hundreds of CWA members and supporters from like-minded groups on the steps of the Supreme Court to show support for the sanctity of human life and for women safety. Pro-life is pro-woman!

If you live in or around the D.C. area,
we need and want you with us on March 4!

Ride with us or meet us there …
Driving in D.C. can be a challenge. You are welcome to drive or metro to our headquarters in Alexandria and ride over with us from our office to the Supreme Court. We are only one block from the Braddock Metro stop. Parking is free but limited so be sure to let me know you are coming to secure your parking spot.

If you prefer to meet us at the Supreme Court, be sure to look for our signs!

Make plans to attend! Be sure to invite friends and family.  This is a great homeschool activity.

RSVPs are required if you plan on traveling with us to the Supreme Court. The deadline to RSVP is noon on Monday, March 2.

Click here to RSVP.

Got questions or need more information? Contact Tanya Ditty at [email protected] or (202) 488-7000.