Idaho Must Provide Emergency Abortions After Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Case.

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daho hospitals are once again required to provide abortions in a medical emergency despite the state’s near-total ban on the procedure, following a Supreme Court decision Thursday that punted the case to lower courts for further consideration.

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A majority of justices said the court erred when it decided in January to take the case, sidestepping the merits of the arguments, which focused on the conflict between Idaho’s near total abortion ban and federal protections for patients in crisis.

The decision — which the court inadvertently published and quickly deleted on Wednesday — is the Supreme Court’s first to focus on an individual state’s abortion ban since the fall of Roe v. Wade two years ago. The Biden administration had sued Idaho for violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, which requires hospitals that take Medicare to provide stabilizing treatment when there’s an imminent threat to a patient’s life or health.

 

[rightwinger]

Once again, the Court punts and refuses to make a decision

They didn’t say States must allow an abortion if medically necessary

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

which focused on the conflict between Idaho’s near total abortion ban and federal protections for patients in crisis.

Federal laws preemp state and local laws.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Once again, the Court punts and refuses to make a decision

They didn’t say States must allow an abortion if medically necessary

No. That's a decision left up to the states.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sounds like SCOTUS left it to the states again

 

[bendog]

And Yet the 7 have teed up Trump's immunity when the country thought that was decided when Nixon was potus.

So don't fool yourselves that Roberts Keggers and ACB are judicial conservatives.

 

[bendog]

Sounds like SCOTUS left it to the states again

That isn't the issue, Lass. The issue is whether a state may pass a law that will not permit an abortion even if the fetus is not viable and the mother's health is at risk. The State has no interest in forcing women to leave states for treatment such ectopic pregnancy, and the fed govt has a power to regulate healthcare

 

[whitehall]

It sounds logical so what's the problem? Maybe if the definition of "emergency" includes the mother's second thoughts about being pregnant.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

That isn't the issue, Lass. The issue is whether a state may pass a law that will not permit an abortion even if the fetus is not viable and the mother's health is at risk. The State has no interest in forcing women to leave states for treatment such ectopic pregnancy, and the fed govt has a power to regulate healthcare

Then women shouldn't live in states restricting abortion if it doesn't fit their beliefs

 

[Votto]

Sounds like SCOTUS left it to the states again

Why, when we know the Black robes are the arbiters of all truth and what is Constitutional?

Dear God in heaven, who will guide us now?

This is anarchy!!!

 

[martybegan]

Once again, the Court punts and refuses to make a decision

They didn’t say States must allow an abortion if medically necessary

They only ruled on the injunction, the merits are working their way through the courts as intended.

 

[martybegan]

It sounds logical so what's the problem? Maybe if the definition of "emergency" includes the mother's second thoughts about being pregnant.

That's always the problem with using the word "health" of the mother vs. "life" of the mother.

Health can mean the woman thinks she might be depressed by giving birth.

 

[Papageorgio]

Federal laws preemp state and local laws.

Except when it doesn’t. Marijuana and immigration policies and the list goes on and on, but nice try, have any more lies?

 

[Mac-7]

Once again, the Court punts and refuses to make a decision

They didn’t say States must allow an abortion if medically necessary

Libs will abuse any exception

The state needs a bipartisan review board to approve any abortion claiming to be a medicsl necessity

 

[ReinyDays]

I think Federal health care facilities should follow Federal laws ... State facilities and private operations should follow State law, or County law for larger states ...

The simple solution is for Idaho to stop accepting Federal money for emergency rooms ... problem solved ... don't visit if you want medical services, they don't want you there anyway ... Private Idaho

 

[whitehall]

That's always the problem with using the word "health" of the mother vs. "life" of the mother.

Health can mean the woman thinks she might be depressed by giving birth.

Late term abortion aka partial birth abortion is about the "legal" killing of a viable infant who could have survived. Clinton paraded a dozen women who claimed health issues when he vetoed the bipartisan bill that would have ended the procedure.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Federal laws preempt state and local laws.

not iaw Dobbs. This is a states' rights issue,

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Conservatives will abuse any opportunity.