What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?
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Reading Eagle— The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans. The Justice Department has sued Idaho over its abortion law, which allows a woman to get an abortion only when her life, not her health, is at risk. The Idaho law has raised questions about when a doctor is able to provide the stabilizing treatment federal law requires. The federal law is called the...
The Monitor—What's EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans. The Justice Department has sued Idaho over its abortion law, which only allows a woman to get an abortion when her life […]
CNN—Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over emergency abortions. In a Supreme Court hearing on the Biden administration’s challenge to aspects of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar sought to appeal to conservative justices who just two years ago ruled that states should have the ability to prohibit the procedure. The dispute, stemming from the Justice Department’s marquee response to the high court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, turns on whether federal mandates for hospital emergency room care override abortion bans that...
The Voice—US Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion law this week. How did we get here?. Since Idaho’s strict abortion laws went into effect following the court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, they have faced numerous legal challenges.