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Related: About this forum"People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S.
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about the legality of Idahos near-total abortion ban, which criminalizes the procedure in all circumstances unless the life of the parent is at risk. Its the first such case to reach the high court since the conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. A key issue is whether a state ban can take precedence over the federal right to receive emergency care, including an abortion. The Biden administration argued that Idahos law violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA. If the justices side with Idaho, it could have major implications for reproductive care and worsen racial disparities for healthcare in at least half a dozen other states with similar bans. People are going to die, warns Karen Thompson, legal director of the nonprofit advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. They are going to be bleeding out in hospital rooms. Theyre going to be dying from sepsis because doctors are not going to be able to make the choices that they need to make to give people the care that will save their lives in these emergency situations.
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"People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S. (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Apr 26
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Irish_Dem
(47,482 posts)1. It's only women people who will die.
The Unsupreme Court is totally fine with that.
Uncle Joe
(58,445 posts)2. Only women bleed
Lonestarblue
(10,095 posts)4. So are Republicans. Never mind the logic of allowing the woman to die when the fetus will die too.
Irish_Dem
(47,482 posts)5. This tells us it is not about a fetus at all.
It is about the GOP subjugating and controlling women.
2naSalit
(86,822 posts)6. It's different for girls
get the red out
(13,468 posts)3. Lots of death to come
Christian-Fascist doctors already have the right to not treat someone their God hates, don't they? Apparently their God hates pregnant people too.