in operation before the law passed. should the state allow the case to move forward, the decision will be its first major ruling on abortion since 2007. joining the table now are president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights and professor of constitutional law at nyu. what can you tell us about what to expect in terms of the supreme court decision? the standard is always a place to start, right? the standard they re going to apply is from the 1992 planned parenthood case. the question is whether or not these restrictions place an undue burden on a woman s right to choose. undue burden is defined as having a purpose or an effect that places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking a abortion. the so-called trap provisions. there s this notion that which is targeted. one set says you have to have admitting privileges to a
mccrory. this is governor pat mccrory after having won that election. sb-353 there is the abortion bill with the trap provisions. regulations so strict it is impossibly expensive for abortion clinics to comply, so they have to shut down. that s the whole point of t.r.a.p. laws. that s the point of this one. no matter how many times they want to put the words health and safety into these bills, they are about shutting clinics down. this bill will probably shut down 15 of the 16 clinics in the state, leaving just one abortion clinic left in the entire state of north carolina. governor mccrory said last year he would not sign a bill like this, and then a few hours ago, well, he did. opponents of the bill are not giving up. earlier today they gathered on the governor s front lawn. well, almost his front lawn. they are across from the governor s mansion, not on the property, but close enough to be seen and to be disruptive. planned parenthood and its supporters are camped out there today an
income women s health care, which is provided by planned parenthood. now, these trap provisions and i believe the measure actually just passed today and it may close down something like 37 clini clinics, which would leave five total in the state. i mean, when that kind how do you mobilize people in addition to showing up and, obviously, making their voices heard. what kind of things can we do to actually stop these things from happening. to prevent some of these republican governors from doing these things? for sure. just to add, i think virginia was a huge backfire when it came to the mandatory ultrasound bills. that s law in texas. those women already have to go through that. but i think something else that s interesting about texas, the demographics are changing and we are seeing people becoming engaged around these issues in ways that they weren t just two, three, four years ago. i think 2012 was a water shed