Gavel Drop: Despite Supreme Court Victory, Still Work to Do in Texas
Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a victory for abortion access in Texas—and around the country. But it's going to take time to unravel the effects of anti-choice organizing in the state, where abortion opponents have poured resources into HB 2 and have made it hard for physicians to get abortion-care training.
Welcome to Gavel Drop, our roundup of legal news, headlines, and head-shaking moments in the courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court may have struck down the Texas law that threatened to shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics, but Texas’ hammering away at abortion access has had a deleterious effect on medical training there. Houston Public Media’s Carrie Feibel looks at how it’s becoming more difficult for doctors to be trained in abortion services due to clinic closures.
The Bridge Project and NARAL Pro-Choice America dropped a whopping 123 pages of research about how anti-choicers are using Texas to advance their agenda.
Birth control via app? We live in the future. The New York Times reports that websites and mobile applications provide simpler ways for women to obtain contraception.
A Columbus, Ohio, Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health centers in the city will get new buffer zones.
David Gans at Balkinization explains that although Fisher v. University of Texas marks the first time that Kennedy has been in favor of an affirmative action policy, his opinion isn’t entirely out of character.
The Pentagon will lift its ban on transgender people serving in the military come July.
Suspended Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore just won’t go away.
Welp. A creationist is running for a spot on the Washington Supreme Court.
Anti-choice activists in Raleigh, North Carolina, are hoping their push for a change to local zoning regulations will kick out an area abortion clinic.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled your boss can’t fire you if you’re getting a divorce.