Trump rescinds guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions Abortion rights supporters say scaling back Biden officials’ Emtala guidance will endanger pregnant patients’ lives The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2025
This anti-abortion leader is building on ‘the ultimate victory from the supreme court’ Erik Baptist, with Alliance Defending Freedom, has his sights set on mifepristone after the fall of Roe v Wade The Guardian - US · Feb 1, 2025
Women report being turned away by ER doctors in Texas despite arriving in labor and bleeding Two women have filed EMTALA complaints against Texas hospitals for refusing to treat their ectopic pregnancies. Latin Times · Aug 12, 2024
Ketanji Brown Jackson pens fiery dissent in abortion ruling: ‘Facilitating suffering of people’ ‘We cannot simply wind back the clock’, the supreme court justice said of her colleagues’ 6-3 decision to dismiss suit The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2024
Alito dissent signals "gathering storm" As Justice Jackson noted, the court kicked the can down the road because it's currently "politically inconvenient" Salon · Jun 27, 2024
Democrats Criticize Abortion Access Amid Idaho Ruling Democratic leaders express concerns about abortion access following Idaho ruling on emergency care under EMTALA. Top News · Jun 27, 2024
Justice Alito says allowing abortions in medical emergencies is ‘bizarre’ as he fights for rights of ‘unborn child’ The Supreme Court handed abortion rights advocates a narrow win, for now, in case about emergency abortions The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024
SCOTUS dismisses Idaho abortion case The ruling means Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as EMTALA Salon · Jun 27, 2024
US supreme court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now Case’s return to lower court potentially delays a final decision to beyond the November elections The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2024
Supreme Court allows abortion in Idaho emergency rooms, for now - Roll Call The Supreme Court will allow abortions in Idaho in emergency situations, for now, despite the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. Roll Call · Jun 27, 2024
What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court's latest abortion case? The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to release an opinion that will allow doctors in Idaho to perform abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state's strict abortion ban The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024
Doctors worried by SCOTUS abortion case The Supreme Court will soon rule on whether states can actually ban abortion with no exception for a mother's life Salon · Jun 13, 2024
SCOTUS hears challenges to abortion law As the Supreme Court considers a patient protection law, experts say it could lead to fetal personhood Salon · Apr 25, 2024
Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. WEKU · Apr 24, 2024
The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2024 What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case before US supreme court? The justices must decide whether Idaho doctors can terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s health or only if her life is at risk
Reason · Apr 24, 2024 A Cruel and Risky Abortion Ban Versus an Overreaching Interpretation of Federal Law There are no good sides in today's Supreme Court case concerning the EMTALA and abortion.
Roll Call · Apr 24, 2024 Supreme Court split on Idaho abortion ban in emergency rooms - Roll Call The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on access to abortion in emergency rooms despite Idaho’s near-total abortion ban.
The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2024 Arizona’s Republican-led house repeals strict abortion ban – as it happened Arizona takes step to repeal harsh abortion ban and state senate must still approve
The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2024 US supreme court appears divided after hearing arguments on emergency abortion care Federal Emtala law has become focal point in heated debate over emergency abortions in states that ban procedure
WEKU · Apr 24, 2024 Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.
The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2024 ‘How sick do they have to get?’ Doctors brace for US supreme court hearing on emergency abortions As states ban abortions, a 1968 federal law requires hospitals that receive Medicare dollars to stabilize patients in a medical emergency, creating a catch-22 for care providers
Salon · Apr 23, 2024 SCOTUS on abortion and emergency care Federal law requires doctors to provide stabilizing care. But will SCOTUS say abortion bans override the EMTALA?
The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2024 Anti-abortion states are targeting an emergency healthcare law. Will the supreme court side with them? Justices to rule whether abortion bans should undo Emtala, the Reagan-era law requiring hospitals to treat emergency patients
The Texas Tribune · Apr 17, 2024 Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.
Salon · Jan 10, 2024 When life-saving abortion law isn't safe Texas and Idaho have challenged whether or not the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act takes priority