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

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Opinion of BREYER, J. 

Figure 2 — Projected Distribution of Abortion Clinics and
Providers Following Enforcement of Act 620 

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As  we  have  seen,  enforcing  the  admitting-privileges  re-
quirement would eliminate Does 1, 2, and 6.  The District 
Court  credited  Doe  3’s  uncontradicted,  in-court  testimony
that he would stop performing abortions if he was the last 
provider in northern Louisiana.  250 F. Supp. 3d, at 79; see 
App. 263–265.  So the departure of Does 1 and 2 would also 
eliminate Doe 3.  That would leave only Doe 5.  And Doe 5’s 
inability to obtain privileges in the Baton Rouge area would 
leave  Louisiana  with  just  one  clinic  with  one  provider  to 
serve the 10,000 women annually who seek abortions in the 
State.  250  F. Supp.  3d,  at  80,  87–88;  cf.  Whole  Woman’s 
Health, 579 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 26). 

Working full time in New Orleans, Doe 5 would be able 
to absorb no more than about 30% of the annual demand for 
abortions in Louisiana.  App. 1134, 1331; see id., at 1129. 
And  because  Doe 5  does  not  perform  abortions  beyond  18
weeks, women between 18 weeks and the state legal limit