Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 12:00 PM EDT, Sat April 20, 2024


CNN — Two years after ending the national right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court will scrutinize one of the marquee efforts by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access in the post-Roe v. Wade era.

In a case being heard by the court Wednesday, the Biden administration is challenging Idaho’s enforcement of its abortion ban in medical emergencies, putting a spotlight on what has been one of the most politically explosive flashpoints in the aftermath of Roe’s demise.

The Justice Department maintains that federal law requires hospitals to offer abortions if necessary to stabilize the health of emergency room patients, even in states like Idaho that ban that procedure. At the time the lawsuit was filed, Attorney General Merrick Garland characterized the case as part of the department’s promise to “work tirelessly to protect and advance reproductive freedom” in the wake of Roe’s reversal.

The lawsuit has proceeded somewhat under the radar and has been overshadowed by the other blockbuster abortion case at the Supreme Court this year, concerning the federal regulations for abortion pills. Yet, the Idaho case could yield the most significant ruling from the court on abortion since the 2022 Roe reversal and one that could further elevate an issue Democrats want front and center in the 2024 election this November.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/politics/abortion-supreme-court-idaho-emergency-care/index.html

[pfitz59]

1. Forced birthers are not pro-life

of the mother, or really anything. They just want to punish women for 'original sin'.

[MadameButterfly]

2. They're looking for a way to claim moral superiority in a party

that doesn't look out for the poor or the downtrodden. They can't find any of those that they like enough to help who are already born.

[CousinIT]

3. Assuming this case took the same 5th circuit path to the USSC as the others.

MAGAts were told by Koch bros et al, to take every advantage of that Trump-packed, Talibangelical court to ram these cases through right now while they can. So they are pushing EVERYTHING they want up there via the same well-worn path: overturning Roe, killing affirmative action, going after LGTQ and contraception, etc.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. We can't have "equal protection of the law" until we de-fang this Subversive Court.

[jmowreader]

6. Ninth

It’s before the Supreme Court because Judge B. Lynn Winmill slapped down Idaho hard already.

[Irish_Dem]

5. In the US, pregnant women with a medical emergency are out of luck.

They can die in the parking lot.
Turned away by security guards.
Hide in the hospital lobby restroom.

This makes me so mad I could scream.

Damn the Russian GOP.

[markodochartaigh]

7. It has been 7 years,

but a Tennessee representative wanted to get rid of EMTALA, the act which made hospitals accountable to at least stabilize every patient who showed up at their door.

https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/acep-condemns-rep-diane-blacks-suggestion-scrap-emtala

[TeamProg]

8. Okay, just HOW insane has the SCOTUS become? nt

[Hekate]

9. Very