In his dissent in the recent Louisiana abortion decision, June Medical Services v. Russo, Associate Justice Samuel Alito persuasively explained how the five-justice majority erred in finding unconstitutional a state law requiring that abortionists have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

The entire dissent is essential reading for anyone interested in how the abortion industry is allowed to operate. The central question, however, is whether abortionists should have the right, known in legal jargon as “standing,” to challenge abortion laws that aim to protect women from the abortionists’ own shoddy practices, all the while claiming to represent those very women. This would be like representatives of the auto industry marching into court to strike down laws that burden them to make cars safer, on behalf of the people who buy their cars.