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Source: Associated Press
Judge blocks enforcement of Biden abortion guidance in Texas
August 24, 2022
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing a legal interpretation that would require hospitals in the state to provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
Texas sued Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Xavier Becerra last month, arguing that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law commonly referred to as EMTALA, doesnt require doctors to provide abortions if doing so would violate a state law.
In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix temporarily blocked the government from enforcing the guidance, finding that EMTALA is silent as to abortion.
Since the statute is silent on the question, the Guidance cannot answer how doctors should weigh risks to both a mother and her unborn child, the judges order said. Nor can it, in doing so, create a conflict with state law where one does not exist. The Guidance was thus unauthorized.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-texas-xavier-becerra-4ccc7296f015270b0dc66c64e975689c
jimfields33
(15,808 posts)Botany
(70,508 posts)Say no more
Bettie
(16,110 posts)it becomes more obvious every day.
quaint
(2,564 posts)In It to Win It
(8,252 posts)when nominated by Trump
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)It doesn't guarantee death, but it is definitely a strong possibility. Health of the mother should always come first, or is that just my female democratic thinking?
vanlassie
(5,670 posts)Assuming Texas women are paying attention
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