Nearly 60 leaders in the field of public health already submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court last week. This is arguing that the two Texas laws restricting access to abortion clinics will just create a "grave risk to public health."
According to TriniBuzz, Texas health experts are seeking to invalidate the two laws on abortion, which, if passed, would allegedly just create "grave health risks" to women by limiting the access to abortion clinics. This will said to affect women who earn a lower rage in the society.
In turn, 60 leaders gathered to support the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is going to show off its arguments to the Supreme Court on March 2. They have submitted a legal brief found in Alpha that claims that two new state laws would make it tougher for women to attain abortions. This is said to be violating the "underdue burden" test, which was already established in court in 1992.
The first passed law necessitates the physicians to provide abortions to be able to directly admit their patients to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic, without the approval of hospital staff. This is called the "hospital admitting privileges". This is in spite of the fact that an abortion is a medical procedure without surgical aspect. Moreover, the second law claims that abortion clinics must congregate strict building standards, which are designed and built for walk-in surgeries.
The health care providers also argued that these laws would just lead women to seek later term abortions, which could heighten their risk. They can even "face the serious mental and physical health
"If the High Court upholds the Texas laws women there will be forced to travel very long distances for abortion care or will lose access to this service altogether," stated Susan F. Wood, PhD, Executive Director of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health at Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in a statement via Eureka Alert! She added, "Without access to safe, legal abortion care, women of reproductive age will face sharply increased health risks."
Meanwhile, aside from its high risk to women, the new laws would also disproportionately affect lower income women in the society. These women travel long distances to access health care and if these two laws are already passed, many clinics would shut down, leaving just 10 clinics in the state with a 500 miles between San Antonio and New Mexico.
