Supreme Court Spurns Biden Administration in Texas Abortion Case
The underlying legal question is whether the US Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act overrides state abortion bans when someone shows up at a hospital with a medical emergency.
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The US Supreme Court rebuffed the Biden administration in an abortion clash, leaving intact an appeals court decision favoring Texas in a fight over the availability of the procedure in hospital emergency rooms.
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Texas, which has a broad abortion ban, wasn’t bound by a Department of Health and Human Services memorandum requiring hospitals to offer the procedure on an emergency basis to protect a mother’s health. The administration had asked the high court to order reconsideration of that ruling.