Watch live: Texas Supreme Court hearing case challenging state's near-total abortion ban
USA TodayNOV 20 2023
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday declined to hear the Biden administration's appeal regarding emergency room abortion care in Texas, leaving the lower U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals court ruling intact.
The case surrounds the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) of 1986, which requires hospitals to give emergency care regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
The lower court ruled that Texas, which has effectively banned all abortions with exceptions for the life of the mother, was not in violation of EMTALA, prompting Pres. Joe Biden's administration to issue new EMTALA advisory claiming it covers abortions.
The high court's decision not to hear this case is very unfortunate. Texas has effectively banned abortion outright, and whatever 'acceptions' it has in place are written in vague terms to further inhibit women and their doctors. With over a dozen states having passed similar laws, it's incumbent upon the court system to step in and overturn these violations of basic rights.
Texas has every right to protect the unborn in its state given the horrifying pro-abortion laws being passed elsewhere in the country. The man running to be the Democratic Vice President, for example, whose entire party supports abortion on demand, wants to nationalize such laws. He also fails to mention that abortion pills, something he loves, can actually harm women.