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Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the court’s ruling could have implications beyond …

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  1. US Supreme Court to hear high-stakes case on Idaho abortion ban

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    Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

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  1. CBS News

    Supreme Court to consider clash of Idaho abortion ban with federal law for emergency care (opens CBS News)

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    The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case about whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion is preempted by Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA.

  2. KFF

    Abortion Back at SCOTUS: Can States Ban Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients? (opens KFF)

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    On April 24, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear the second case this term involving access to abortion: Idaho v. United States. At stake in this case is whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to patients who pre…

  3. Triblive

    Supreme Court to weigh whether doctors can provide emergency abortions in states with bans (opens Triblive)

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    WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. The justices are weighing a case from Idaho, where a strict abortion ban went into effect shortly after the h…

  4. Athens The News Courier

    What (opens Athens The News Courier)

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    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.

  5. The Guardian

    ‘Pitting patients against physicians’: doctors brace for US supreme court verdict on emergency abortions (opens The Guardian)

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    As states ban abortions, a 1968 federal law requires hospitals that receive Medicaid dollars to stabilize patients in a medical emergency, creating a catch-22 for care providers

  6. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court to hear arguments in emergency abortion case that could upend state bans (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that could reshape abortion laws across the country.

  7. Rolling Stone

    Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Ban One Specific Type of Emergency Care (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a case asking whether state politicians can bar hospitals from performing medically necessary abortions

  8. Washington Post

    The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court (opens Washington Post)

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    Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.

  9. NPR

    What's at stake in Idaho abortion case (opens NPR)

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    The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case about whether state law or federal law should prevail when they conflict during a serious pregnancy complication.

  10. Time

    Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Idaho’s Near-Total Abortion Ban (opens Time)

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    The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergency situations under EMTALA.

  11. Washington Post

    Analysis | The Supreme Court’s latest abortion case is about emergencies (opens Washington Post)

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    The justices will hear oral arguments tomorrow over whether a federal emergency care law takes precedence over state abortion bans.

  12. NPR

    What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears Idaho case about abortion in emergencies (opens NPR)

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    The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.

  13. UPI

    Supreme Court to consider if states can prevent doctors from giving emergency abortions (opens UPI)

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    The Supreme Court will weigh whether states can prevent medically necessary abortion despite federal law that says they must treat and stabilize all patients when they have a medical emergency.

  14. KOB 4

    When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in (opens KOB 4)

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    Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider how far state abortion bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. The justices are weighing a case Wednesday from Idaho, where a strict abortion ban went into effect shortly after the high …

  15. The Boston Globe

    When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies.

  16. Los Angeles Times

    Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho's ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The Supreme Court will decide whether emergency room doctors can perform abortions if a pregnant women's health is threatened.

  17. Daily Journal

    Supreme Court to consider when doctors can provide emergency abortions in states with bans (opens Daily Journal)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider Wednesday when doctors can provide abortions during medical emergencies in states with bans enacted after the high court’s sweeping decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

  18. The Guardian

    US supreme court to hear arguments in key case on emergency abortion care (opens The Guardian)

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    Federal Emtala law has become focal point in heated debate over emergency abortions in states that ban procedure

  19. The Republic

    Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care (opens The Republic)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the court’s ruling could have implications beyond …

  20. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Supreme Court will consider when doctors can provide emergency abortions in states with bans (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Dueling protests are taking shape outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to consider an abortion case.

  21. WMUR

    Supreme Court weighs whether states can ban abortion, even during some medical emergencies (opens WMUR)

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    The Supreme Court is considering a case that will determine when doctors can provide abortions during medical emergencies in states with bans enacted after the high court’s sweeping decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

  22. New York Times

    Here’s the latest on the argument. (opens New York Times)

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    The case, which could reverberate beyond Idaho to other states with abortion bans, is the second time in less than a month that the justices have heard an abortion case.

  23. NPR

    Supreme Court looks at Idaho abortion ban when a woman's health is in imminent danger (opens NPR)

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    The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided over its latest abortion case, which looks at whether a state may ban medical termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health, but not life, is in danger.

  24. Fox7 Austin

    Supreme Court hears arguments in Idaho abortion ban case (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Idaho is among 14 states that ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions.

  25. Roll Call

    Supreme Court split on Idaho abortion ban in emergency rooms (opens Roll Call)

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    The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on access to abortion in emergency rooms despite Idaho’s near-total abortion ban.

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