Scalise calls SCOTUS decision on Louisiana abortion law 'failure to protect innocent life'
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released a statement Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics. Scalise called the decision by SCOTUS a failure to protect innocent life. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with his four more liberal colleagues in ruling that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals violates the abortion right the court first announced in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. In two previous abortion cases, Roberts had favored restrictions.The Louisiana law is virtually identical to one in Texas that the court struck down in 2016.Scalise issued the following statement on June Medical Services v. Russo:"I'm extremely disappointed in the United States Supreme Court's flawed decision to strike down Louisiana's law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals when emergencies arise. In yet another acti