Are states where abortion is banned required to perform emergency abortions?

The Supreme Court will hear Moyle v. United States, a case that pits Idaho’s ban on abortions, except when a patient faces death, against a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide emergency treatment regardless of one’s ability to pay.

The Biden administration sued Idaho soon after its abortion ban went into effect, saying it violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, enacted in 1986, and saying “emergency treatment” includes abortions if the mother is facing “serious or life health threats.”

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