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Saturday 5 OctOber 2019
Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case

By MARK SHERMAN clinic in Shreveport, Loui-
Associated Press siana, and two doctors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The whose identities are not re-
Supreme Court agreed vealed said in their appeal
Friday to plunge into the that the justices should
abortion debate in the strike down the law without
midst of the 2020 presiden- even holding arguments
tial campaign, taking on a because the decision so
Louisiana case that could clearly conflicts with the
reveal how willing the Texas ruling from 2016.
more conservative court is The court did not follow
to chip away at abortion that path Friday.
rights. There also was no action on
The justices will examine a third abortion-related ap-
a Louisiana law requiring peal that involves a chal-
doctors who perform abor- lenge to a Chicago ordi-
tions to have admitting priv- nance that stops protesters
ileges at a nearby hospital. from getting within 8 feet
The law is virtually identical (2.4 meters) of people en-
to one in Texas that the Su- tering abortion clinics and
preme Court struck down other health care facilities
in 2016, when Justice An- without their consent.
thony Kennedy was on Anti-abortion activists had
the bench and before the In this June 20, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington. challenged the Chicago
addition of President Don- Associated Press law as a violation of their
ald Trump’s two high court effect. Those preliminary The Louisiana case and a Louisiana abortion provid- free speech rights. The
picks, Justices Neil Gorsuch votes do not bind the jus- separate appeal over an ers and a district judge who federal appeals court in
and Brett Kavanaugh, who tices when they undertake Indiana ultrasound require- initially heard the case said Chicago upheld the law,
have shifted the court to a thorough review of an ment for women seeking one or maybe two of the though grudgingly.
the right. issue, but they often signal an abortion, on which the state’s three abortion clin- The Supreme Court upheld
The court’s new term be- how a case will come out. court took no action Friday, ics would have to close a similar Colorado law in
gins Monday, but argu- Roberts’ vote to block the were the most significant of under the new law. There 2000, but in 2014 struck
ments in the Louisiana case Louisiana law was a rare hundreds of pending ap- would be at most two doc- down a Massachusetts
won’t take place until the vote against an abortion peals the justices consid- tors who could meet its re- provision that set a fixed
winter. A decision is likely to restriction in his more than ered when they met in pri- quirements, they said. 35-foot (10.7-meter) buffer
come by the end of June, 13 years as chief justice. vate on Tuesday. But the appeals court in zone outside abortion clin-
four months before the That may reflect his new Both cases involve the New Orleans rejected those ics.
presidential election. role since Kennedy’s retire- standard first laid out by claims, doubting that any Also Friday, the court
The Supreme Court tempo- ment as the court’s swing the court in 1992 that while clinics would have to close agreed to hear an appeal
rarily blocked the Louisiana justice, his concern about states can regulate abor- and saying the doctors had by energy companies and
law from taking effect in the court being perceived tion, they can’t do things not tried hard enough to the Trump administration
February, when Chief Jus- as a partisan institution and that place an “undue bur- establish relationships with asking the court to overturn
tice John Roberts joined respect for a prior decision den” on a woman’s right local hospitals. an appeals court ruling and
the court’s four liberal jus- of the court, even one he to an abortion. The regula- In January, the full appeals reinstate a permit to allow
tices to put it on hold. Ka- disagreed with. tions are distinct from other court voted 9-6 not to get construction of a natural
vanaugh and Gorsuch In the Texas case, he voted state laws making their way involved in the case, set- gas pipeline through two
were among the four con- in dissent to uphold the ad- through court challenges ting up the Supreme Court national forests, including
servatives who would have mitting privileges require- that would ban abortions appeal. parts of the Appalachian
allowed the law to take ment. early in a pregnancy. The Hope Medical Group Trail.q

Army veteran deported after drug conviction now a U.S. citizen

CHICAGO (AP) — An Army card. But after serving 7½ to be returned to Mexico on
veteran deported to Mex- years for a 2008 nonvio- Monday because he was
ico after serving time in lent drug conviction, he in the U.S. on a 14-day per-
prison for a drug conviction was deported last year. He mit. Born in Mexico, Perez’s
became a U.S. citizen on was granted permission last family immigrated when he
Friday. Miguel Perez Jr. held month by immigration offi- was a young child. His par-
up his citizenship certificate cials to re-enter the country ents are naturalized U.S. cit-
for the cameras after being for another chance to be- izens and his two children
sworn in, saying, “Here it is.” come a U.S. citizen. Illinois were born in the U.S.
“It took a whole lot of work Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardoned He joined the Army in 2002
and a whole lot of pray- him in August. and served in Afghanistan,
ing,” the 41-year-old Perez Perez said when his lawyer where he suffered a brain
said while meeting with called him Friday morning injury and was diagnosed
supporters and reporters to tell him the news about with PTSD. The veteran said
at a Chicago church. “I’m his citizenship, he was in he plans to focus on his
here to thank every single shock. Perez said he didn’t health, including getting
In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Army veteran Miguel Perez one of you.” believe it was real until he the mental health care he
Jr. speaks with reporters after a citizenship hearing with U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services in Chicago. Perez, who was raised in had the certificate in his needs, and spending time
Associated Press Chicago, had a green hand. He said he expected with his family.q