BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry
issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court
temporarily blocked enforcement of a Louisiana abortion clinic regulation:
“In 2014, our duly elected legislators almost unanimously
passed Act 620 to require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting
privileges at nearby hospitals. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court today put
enforcement of this pro-woman law on hold for the time being.
We remain hopeful that if the Supreme Court grants
certiorari in this case, it will be to re-affirm that courts rule on
fact-specific cases; because the facts in our case show Act 620 is
constitutional and consistent with our overall regulatory scheme for surgical
procedures.
Going forward, my office and I will be carefully reviewing
the next steps in our defense of Louisiana's admitting privileges law. We will
not waver in defense of our State's pro-woman and pro-life laws; and we will
continue to do all we legally can to protect Louisiana women and the unborn.”