Senators John Barrasso (WY-R) and Roy Blunt (MO-R) and Representatives Ralph Abraham (LA-R) and Robert Aderholt (AL-R), et al., Amici Curiae
Charles J. Cooper, Counsel of Record
Senators Barrasso and Blunt and Representatives Abraham and Aderholt are joined in this brief by 170 other U.S senators and representatives. Charles J. Cooper is a partner with the law firm Cooper & Kirk, specializing in constitutional, commercial, and civil rights litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 3, 2016. Faced with genuine concerns about the safety of women who obtain abortions in Texas, the State legislature decided that outpatient abortions should be performed only by doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and at facilities…
