Louisiana's law is effectively identical to one from Texas ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2016. Texas' law had 'led to the closure of half of Texas' clinics, or thereabouts,' Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court's opinion.
MORE: 2-year battle over Indiana abortion clinic highlights ‘politically motivated’ licensing laws: Advocates
Louisiana is also questioning"third-party standing," essentially asking if providers and clinics should legally be allowed to challenge abortion laws on behalf of patients. Abortion rights advocates say it may be difficult to find individual patients to challenge abortion laws given the limited time one has to get an abortion and the risks of being targeted by anti-abortion advocates."The law at issue in June Medical Services v.
MORE: Over 350 lawyers, legal professionals who had abortions file brief in landmark Supreme Court case Although an amicus brief filed on behalf of 207 member of Congress -- all but two of whom are Republicans -- asked the Supreme Court to use this case to reconsider or overrule Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that declared abortion a protected right, Roe is not directly on the docket here.
However,"without overturning Roe at all," the Supreme Court could use this case to"make abortion access in this country even more fraught," Kimberly Mutcherson, co-dean and law professor at Rutgers Law School, told ABC News.
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