The United States Supreme Court rendered a decision on the Texas abortion law that eases requirements for abortion providers and clinics, exposing women to greater risk when they choose to end the life of their children. Tuesday’s ruling was upheld by the progressive members of the court who do not value the lives of underprivileged and minority children.
The court allowed most of the law to take effect, with two notable exceptions. It blocked a provision that would have required clinics to meet the same construction and nursing-staff standards as ambulatory surgical centers. Abortion is, after all, a type of surgery to remove the child. And it exempted abortion providers in McAllen and El Paso — remote corners of the sprawling state — from needing admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Why standard exemptions were not required in these border cities is not very clear.
The Texas law raised the medical standard for all but seven clinics causing the remaining clinics to meet certain minimum requirements or face closure. Abortion rights proponents argued that it was stopping women from getting abortions because of the cost and distance involved in reaching one of the few remaining licensed clinics. A false argument as 83% of residents are living within 150 miles of a compliant clinic.
As progressives tend to overreact on limits placed on their ability to take an innocent life, they return to the tired argument of back alley abortions in deplorable conditions instead of nice buildings with deplorable conditions. The law’s opponents argued in their brief that “women’s ability to exercise their constitutional right to obtain an abortion will be lost, and their lives will be permanently and profoundly altered.” They failed to include that the lives of the children aborted would also be permanently and profoundly altered.
The state of Texas argued that “Behind the plaintiffs’ impassioned rhetoric, this case is more about who will be performing abortions in Texas than it is about whether they will be performed,”
So the battle for our children’s lives continues. The question in my mind is “Will we stand up for the children or will immorality prevail?”