US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Source: Reuters

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care.

The justices heard an appeal by Idaho officials of a lower court's ruling that found that the 1986 U.S. law at issue, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), supersedes the state's near-total ban in the relatively rare circumstances when the two conflict.

President Joe Biden's administration, which sued Idaho over the abortion law, has urged the justices to uphold that ruling.

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who argued on behalf of the administration, told the justices "the situation on the ground in Idaho is showing the devastating consequences" of the conflict between EMTALA and Idaho's abortion ban.

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