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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Opinion of the Court 
Opinion of BREYER, J. 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 18–1323 and 18–1460 
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18–1323 

JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES L. L. C., ET AL., 
PETITIONERS 
v. 
STEPHEN RUSSO, INTERIM SECRETARY, 
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
AND HOSPITALS 

STEPHEN RUSSO, INTERIM SECRETARY, 
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
AND HOSPITALS, PETITIONER 
v. 
JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES L. L. C., ET AL. 

18–1460 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

[June 29, 2020]

 JUSTICE  BREYER  announced  the  judgment  of  the  Court
and  delivered  an  opinion,  in  which  JUSTICE  GINSBURG, 
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, and JUSTICE KAGAN join. 

In  Whole  Woman’s  Health  v.  Hellerstedt,  579  U. S.  ___ 
(2016), we held that “ ‘[u]nnecessary health regulations that
have the purpose or effect of presenting a substantial obsta-
cle to a woman seeking an abortion impose an undue bur-
den on the right’ ” and are therefore “constitutionally inva-
lid.”  Id., at ___ (slip op., at 1) (quoting Planned Parenthood 
of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833, 878 (1992) (plu-
rality opinion); alteration in original).  We explained that