to be performed in Idaho in cases of medical emergencies for pregnant women, the news agency Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a copy of a ruling it said was briefly posted on the court’s website.
The document that was briefly posted indicated that the court’s vote was 6-3, with conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch in dissent. According to Bloomberg, the court decided to dismiss the case after determining it should not have been granted, as opposed to resolving the underlying legal dispute.
The court is nearing the end of its current term and is expected to release its final decisions in the coming days. Following Roe’s demise, president Joe Biden’s administration issued federal guidance stating that Emtala takes precedence over state abortion bans in the relatively rare instances in which the two conflict, and filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ban.