Supreme Court wrestles with abortion clash over emergency room treatment for pregnant women<\/p>\n
The Biden administration says Idaho’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law setting standards for hospital emergency room care.<\/p>\n
Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n US supreme court appears divided after hearing arguments on emergency abortion care<\/p>\n \u201cIf a woman comes to an emergency room facing a grave threat to her health, but she isn\u2019t yet facing death, doctors either have to delay treatment and allow her condition to materially deteriorate, or they\u2019re airlifting her out of the state so she can get the emergency care that she needs,\u201d Prelogar said. \u201cOne hospital system in Idaho says that, right now, it\u2019s having to transfer pregnant woman in medical crisis out of the state about once every other week. That\u2019s untenable and Emtala does not countenance it.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Conservatives Weave Anti-Abortion Fantasyland To Allow Emergency Room Abortion Bans<\/p>\n They pushed this vision, even while hospital systems in Idaho attest that they are airlifting pregnant women in crisis across state lines, or waiting for them to painfully \u201cdeteriorate\u201d before treatment, cowed by the fact that prosecutors could come after them with punishments including mandatory prison time for violating the state ban.<\/p>\n Read more at Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n The Supreme Court\u2019s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state<\/p>\n Idaho\u2019s lawyer, moreover, struggled so hard to explain when Idaho\u2019s law permits a doctor to perform a medically necessary abortion that Barrett accused him of \u201chedging.\u201d Kavanaugh\u2019s argument, in other words, would require the justices to ignore what\u2019s happening in Idaho and to pretend that Idaho is somehow complying with EMTALA, despite the fact that Idaho\u2019s own lawyer could not explain how its abortion ban works.<\/p>\n Read more at Vox<\/a><\/p>\n Supreme Court appears split on if states can prevent hospitals from providing abortions in medical emergencies<\/p>\n While focused on one state, the ruling will have implications across the country. A decision upholding Idaho\u2019s ban in full \u2014 and finding that EMTALA does not preserve the right to an abortion under emergency medical circumstances \u2014 could encourage states with similarly restrictive bans<\/a> to ignore the federal emergency care protection. Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota, which all enforce near-total bans, also do not have exceptions for the health of the pregnant person.<\/p>\n Read more at 19th News <\/a><\/p>\n What\u2019s at stake in emergency abortion care case before US supreme court?<\/p>\n However, if the court finds in favor of anti-abortion states, it could upend emergency care for millions of pregnant women and undermine the federal government\u2019s ability to regulate emergency medicine.<\/p>\n Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n 5 things to know about today’s abortion case before SCOTUS<\/p>\n \u201cEven in states that currently have access to abortion, removing the requirements of EMTALA will mean that hospital physicians there aren\u2019t required to provide lifesaving care when it comes to pregnancy and abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at Politico<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Supreme Court wrestles with abortion clash over emergency room treatment for pregnant women The Biden administration says Idaho’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law setting standards for hospital emergency room care. 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