Sadly, the old mantra that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare” has completely disappeared in the liberal argument for abortion. The left has decided that they only care about one part of that sentence, and that’s the “legal” part. “Rare” – not so much. And after today, “safe” doesn’t mean much, either.

The Texas law required all clinics performing abortions in the state to operate as certified “ambulatory surgical centers,” which would be regulated under the same standards as hospitals. Doctors who performed abortions were also required to first obtain admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Proponents of the law argued it would improve patient care and safety, though abortion rights groups contended the law made it nearly impossible to operate a clinic in Texas.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion for the court, with Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joining him. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.

“We agree with the District Court that the surgical center requirement, like the admitting-privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an ‘undue burden’ on their constitutional right to do so,” Breyer wrote.

“When we decide cases on particularly controversial issues, we should take special care to apply settled procedural rules in a neutral manner,” Alito wrote in his dissent. “The Court has not done that here.”

Alito also referenced the Kermit Gosnell case, in which an abortion doctor in Pennsylvania was convicted of the murder of three infants who were born alive and the death of a patient. Alito said the Texas law was designed to prevent similarly shoddy medical practices from remaining open.

Thomas quoted the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February, in his dissent.

Thomas wrote that the decision “exemplifies the court’s troubling tendency `to bend the rules when any effort to limit abortion, or even to speak in opposition to abortion, is at issue.”‘

I wrote about this case two years ago, and my own personal story of having a D&C, post-miscarriage, in a surgical center. And I will say it again: an abortion is a SURGICAL PROCEDURE. If liberals were truly concerned about women’s health, then they would have embraced rules that would have held abortion clinics to higher standards. But, they don’t. For the pro-abortion crowd, it’s not about safety. As we have seen over, and over, and over again, it’s always about the money.

Celebrate the #SCOTUS ruling! Go knock someone up in Texas!

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) June 27, 2016

And I’m posting this here, in case they delete it later…

For a “comedy” show, that isn’t a funny joke. Ghouls.

And they got called out on it. So they “clarified.”

Friends, we’re certainly not promoting abortions. Just excited about #SCOTUS reaffirming right to choose.

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) June 27, 2016

But no one is buying it. On either side.

Nothing says "excited" like pseudo-rape jokes.

— Capt. Gideon (@dto71) June 27, 2016

I am pro choice and this was terrible….

— Jessica Spinner (@Jeshicurr) June 27, 2016

I'm pro-choice, but stop trivializing abortion like it's getting your nails done

— Josh Fields (@partiallypro) June 27, 2016

https://twitter.com/c_m_barnhart/status/747516136221085696

From someone who was a guest on your show (and treated fairly): This was in exceptionally poor taste.

— Nick Vlahos (@VlahosNick) June 27, 2016

I like snark as much as the next guy, but … there is a line. And you crossed it at 120 mph. Shameful.

— Nick Vlahos (@VlahosNick) June 27, 2016

When SCOTUS overturned the DC concealed-carry ban, did you tweet "Celebrate! Go shoot someone in Washington!"?

— Nick Vlahos (@VlahosNick) June 27, 2016

Abortion is no longer a serious issue to the left. It’s now a joke. How pathetically empty their souls must be.