The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the second abortion case of its current term, weighing whether federal law regarding emergency medical care should outweigh state-level abortion bans when the policies conflict.
US Supreme Court justices clashed over the limits on state power to ban abortion when a woman’s health is in jeopardy, suggesting a deep divide over a Biden administration bid to protect access in medical emergencies.
In 2022 the Biden administration notified hospitals that this duty includes offering abortion when a woman’s pregnancy poses immediate risks to her health. But a law passed that year—the Idaho Defence of Life Act—prohibits abortion except in cases of rape or incest,
The issue of abortion is back before the Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments on whether Idaho, one of several states that has enacted an abortion ban, can deny women emergency abortions if their lives are not immediately in danger.
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion conflicts with a federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care, in a case that carries potentially sweeping national consequences.
Supreme Court justices are raising questions about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal healthcare law after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Th
The Justice Department says abortion care must be allowed in emergencies that seriously threaten a woman’s health under a federal health care law that requires hospitals accepting Medicare to provide emergency care regardless of patients’ ability to pay.