FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
June 27, 2016
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL STRANGE COMMENT ON IMPACT OF U.S. SUPREME
COURT ABORTION DECISION ON ALABAMA
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange issued the following statement
regarding the impact of Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision against Texas’ abortion
clinic law.
“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today against a Texas law requiring abortion clinic
doctors to obtain local hospital admitting privileges,” said Attorney General Strange.
“The Texas law which was declared unconstitutional is nearly identical to an Alabama
abortion clinic law currently under legal challenge.
“While I disagree with the high court’s decision,” said Attorney General Strange, “there
is no good faith argument that Alabama’s law remains constitutional in light of the
Supreme Court ruling. Accordingly, my office will dismiss our appeal of a 2014 federal
court ruling declaring Alabama’s abortion clinic law unconstitutional.”
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