WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday, June 27th struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.
The justices voted 5-3 Monday in favor of Texas clinics that protested the regulations as a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state.
Justice Stephen Breyer's majority opinion for the court held that the regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit a woman's right to an abortion.
Texas had argued that its 2013 law and subsequent regulations were needed to protect women's health. The rules required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery.
Below is reaction from Wisconsin lawmakers and others as it relates to this ruling:
Hillary Clinton
Senator Tammy Baldwin
Congresswoman Gwen Moore
Teri Huyck, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin state director
Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life
Sara Finger, Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health executive director
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester)
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha)
Senator Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee)
Senator Jon Erpenbach
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Scot Ross, director of One Wisconsin Now
Rep. Mandela Barnes
Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa