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JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES L. L. C. v. RUSSO 

KAVANAUGH, J., dissenting 

Woman’s  Health  cost-benefit  standard.  Ante,  at  4–11 
(ROBERTS,  C. J.,  concurring  in  judgment);  ante,  at  14–20 
(THOMAS,  J.,  dissenting);  ante,  at  4  (ALITO,  J.,  joined  by 
THOMAS,  GORSUCH,  and  KAVANAUGH,  JJ.,  dissenting); 
ante, at 15–18 (GORSUCH, J., dissenting).  A different five 
Members of the Court conclude that Louisiana’s admitting-
privileges law is unconstitutional because it “would restrict 
women’s access to abortion to the same degree as” the Texas
law  in  Whole  Woman’s  Health.  Ante,  at  12  (opinion  of 
ROBERTS, C. J.); see also ante, at 16–40 (opinion of BREYER, 
J., joined by GINSBURG, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ.).

I agree with the first of those two conclusions.  But I re-
spectfully dissent from the second because, in my view, ad-
ditional factfinding is necessary to properly evaluate Loui-
siana’s  law.  As  JUSTICE  ALITO  thoroughly  and  carefully 
explains, the factual record at this stage of plaintiffs’ facial,
pre-enforcement  challenge  does  not  adequately  demon-
strate that the three relevant doctors (Does 2, 5, and 6) can-
not obtain admitting privileges or, therefore, that any of the
three Louisiana abortion clinics would close as a result of 
the admitting-privileges law.  I expressed the same concern 
about the incomplete factual record more than a year ago
during the stay proceedings, and the factual record has not 
changed since then.  See June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. 
Gee, 586 U. S. ___ (2019) (opinion dissenting from grant of 
application for stay).  In short, I agree with JUSTICE ALITO 
that the Court should remand the case for a new trial and 
additional  factfinding  under  the  appropriate  legal  stand-
ards.2 

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2 In  my  view,  the  District  Court  on  remand  should  also  address  the 
State’s new argument (raised for the first time in this Court) that these
doctors and clinics lack third-party standing.