The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case that President Joe Biden’s administration had filed to enforce federal regulations in Texas requiring hospitals to perform abortions if they are necessary to stabilize a patient’s emergency medical condition.
The justices rejected the Justice Department’s appeal of a lower court’s decision to bar the use of the advice in Texas, where Republicans have supported a nearly complete abortion ban, and against members of two anti-abortion medical groups.
In July 2022, the Biden administration released the guidelines to protect access to abortion after the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned the historic Roe v. Wade decision from 1973 that made abortion legal across the country.
“The guidance reminded healthcare providers across the country of their obligations under a 1986 federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (Emtala) to ensure Medicare-participating hospitals offer emergency care stabilizing patients regardless of their ability to pay. Medicare is the government healthcare program for the elderly. Hospitals that violate Emtala risk losing Medicare funding,” The Guardian reported. […]
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