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Home » Press Releases » DCCC: Thanks to Van Orden’s anti-abortion agenda, there’s yet another SCOTUS attack on reproductive freedom
Today the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a law that requires doctors to provide care to stabilize patients in life-threatening circumstances. The court is considering whether Idaho's abortion ban overrules EMTALA, opening doctors to criminal charges if they perform an emergency abortion to protect the health and life of the wom...