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Supreme Court to decide if U.S. law requires some emergency room abortions

Headline from Anchorage Daily News, from the development of Jan 5, 2024

Newest development Jan 6, 2024 · 3 reportsSupreme Court to Rule on Emergency Abortions

The Biden administration says Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal law requiring emergency room doctors to perform the procedure in some circumstances.

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  1. Far Right Appeals Court Rules Fed Protections for Emergency Abortions Don’t Apply to States

    Headline from Truthout ·

  2. Names this update

    Supreme Court to decide if U.S. law requires some emergency room abortions

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

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    Supreme Court to Rule on Emergency Abortions

    Headline from Wall Street Journal ·

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  1. Truthout

    Far Right Appeals Court Rules Fed Protections for Emergency Abortions Don’t Apply to States (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The ruling bars the Biden administration from applying a federal law on emergency health care to abortions.

  2. The Daily Caller

    Court Rules That Federal Emergency Room Law Does Not Require Doctors To Perform Abortions (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A court of appeals upheld a previous ruling Tuesday that a law requiring hospitals to treat patients dealing with an emergency does not apply to abortions.

  3. Talking Points Memo

    The 5th Circuit Will Not Have The Last Word On Abortion In Emergency Rooms (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Talking Points Memo's feed description

    The Supreme Court will almost certainly get involved in dueling cases centered on abortion in emergency situations.

  4. NBC News

    Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce abortion law against emergency room doctors ahead of hearing case (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The Biden administration's lawsuit argued that the state's near-total abortion ban conflicts in part with a federal law setting standards for hospital emergency room care.

  5. Politico

    Supreme Court to decide whether hospitals must provide life-saving abortions (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    The high court's order temporarily freezes a lower court decision that blocked enforcement of Idaho’s near-total abortion ban in emergency circumstances.

  6. CNN

    Supreme Court to decide if emergency room doctors can perform medically necessary abortions in states that prohibit them (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether emergency room doctors can perform medically necessary abortions in states that prohibit them, bypassing the court of appeals to resolve on an expedited basis a lawsuit brought by the United States against Idaho.

  7. Bloomberg

    Emergency Abortion Dispute Gets Review by US Supreme Court (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether hospitals can perform abortions in emergency situations even in states that have near-total bans.

  8. Anchorage Daily News

    Supreme Court to decide if U.S. law requires some emergency room abortions (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The Biden administration says Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal law requiring emergency room doctors to perform the procedure in some circumstances.

  9. Wall Street Journal

    Supreme Court to Rule on Emergency Abortions (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    The justices will hear arguments on whether states can restrict Medicare-funded hospitals from providing an abortion to stabilize a patient.

  10. SCOTUSblog

    Justices take up abortion case pitting state against federal law (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    SCOTUSblog's feed description

    The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon granted a request from Idaho and the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to temporarily put on hold a ruling by a federal district court that would require emergency rooms in the state to provide abortions to pregnant women in an emergency. The justices ag

  11. Talking Points Memo

    In Ominous Sign, Supreme Court Takes Up Emergency Room Abortion Case (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Talking Points Memo's feed description

    The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would take up a case centered on abortion care in emergency medical situations, leapfrogging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which was scheduled to hear arguments later this month.

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