Louisiana Abortion Providers Ask for Nearly $9 Million in Fees

Louisiana taxpayers may be on the hook for nearly $9 million for attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by abortion providers in successfully challenging a state law that required doctors who perform abortions to obtain admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

The providers, including June Medical Services LLC, are the prevailing parties in a case alleging the law unduly burdened a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion before viability. Thus, they are entitled to recover attorneys’ fees under federal civil rights law, the providers said in a motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Monday. ...