Behind the Texas Abortion Law, a Persevering Conservative Lawyer

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that will determine the fate of Texas’ restrictive abortion law. The most controversial provision of House Bill 2 requires clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and mandates that they conform their facilities to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. If these provisions are upheld, it would shut down all but eight or so clinics in one of America’s largest states. But behind this legislation is a man who has never had high profile within the anti-abortion movement: Jonathan Mitchell.

Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that will determine the fate of Texas’ restrictive abortion law. The most controversial provision of House Bill requires clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and mandates that they conform their facilities to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. If these provisions are upheld, it would shut down all but eight or so clinics in one of America’s largest states. But behind this legislation is a man who has never had high profile within the anti-abortion movement: Jonathan Mitchell .

Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that will determine the fate of Texas’ restrictive abortion law. The most controversial provision of House Bill requires clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and mandates that they conform their facilities to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. If these provisions are upheld, it would shut down all but eight or so clinics in one of America’s largest states. But behind this legislation is a man who has never had high profile within the anti-abortion movement: Jonathan Mitchell .

Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that will determine the fate of Texas’ restrictive abortion law. The most controversial provision of House Bill requires clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and mandates that they conform their facilities to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. If these provisions are upheld, it would shut down all but eight or so clinics in one of America’s largest states. But behind this legislation is a man who has never had high profile within the anti-abortion movement: Jonathan Mitchell .

Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case that will determine the fate of Texas’ restrictive abortion law. The most controversial provision of House Bill requires clinics to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and mandates that they conform their facilities to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. If these provisions are upheld, it would shut down all but eight or so clinics in one of America’s largest states. But behind this legislation is a man who has never had high profile within the anti-abortion movement: Jonathan Mitchell .

Mitchell has never had a high profile in the anti-abortion movement, but he developed and promoted the legal approach that has flummoxed the courts and enraged abortion rights supporters.