In one of its final rulings for the term, the United States Supreme Court struck down Texas’ so-called TRAP laws, those that single out medical doctors who provide abortions with targeted and burdensome restrictions. The decision on Monday is a sweeping win for the state and national pro-choice movement, reversing a lower courts decision to uphold Texas provisions that required abortion clinics to have doctors with admitting privileges to nearby hospitals and mandated that abortion clinics meet surgical center standards.
On Twitter, the decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt was greeted with jubilee from supporters of women’s reproductive freedom:
SCOTUS finishes what @wendydavis started!!! https://t.co/sZIuquyRwD
— Sabrina Shulman (@SabrinaShulman) June 27, 2016
WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The burden is undue!!!!#KeepClinicsOpen is haaaaapening #StopTheSham #HB2 #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/uVJV24Vi0n
— Kate Thomas (@KateThomas) June 27, 2016
tfw #SCOTUS rules that Texas' #HB2 abortion law places undue burden on women's constitutional rights pic.twitter.com/zAJP62tt46
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) June 27, 2016
THE BURDEN IS UNDUE! pic.twitter.com/FAPZE4CvAE
— Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin (@PPAWI) June 27, 2016
Donate to Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. Do it for me, do it for the women of my state! https://t.co/1Y72Cw31fO
— Vagina Avenger™️🏳️🌈🇵🇸 (@monicaisliberal) June 27, 2016
Congratulations to @wendydavis @CecileRichards @ilyseh and all those who work so hard to preserve a woman's right to choose. #choice
— Shoq (@Shoq) June 27, 2016
This fight isn't over: The next president has to protect women's health. Women won't be "punished" for exercising their basic rights. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 27, 2016
