Supreme Court rules Idaho's abortion ban conflicts with federal health care law

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The Supreme Court ruled state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violates federal health care law that requires hospitals accepting…

violates federal health care law that requires hospitals accepting Medicare to provide emergency care regardless of patients’ ability to pay.The Justice Department brought the case against Idaho over its abortion law, which only allows a woman to get an abortion when her life — not her health — is at risk. The state law has raised questions about when a doctor is able to provide the stabilizing treatment that federal law requires.

The state argued that its strict abortion ban does allow abortions to save a woman’s life, and doesn’t need to expand exceptions for health risks.During oral arguments earlier this year, the court's liberal justices detailed cases of pregnant women hemorrhaging or having to undergo hysterectomies after abortion care was denied or delayed in states with bans.

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, meanwhile, said she was “kind of shocked” that an attorney for Idaho appeared to hedge when asked whether the state would allow abortions in cases like those. Attorney Joshua N.

 

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