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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 US 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.

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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. This prompted the Biden administration to issue a new EMTALA advisory saying the act includes performing abortions at hospitals that receive federal funds.

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The 5th Circuit ruling, which will now remain in place, stated that EMTALA does not apply to any particular medical procedure, including abortion.

This comes as SCOTUS has previously declined to hear a similar abortion case from Idaho, with some of the justices arguing it was too early to discuss the issue. A separate lower court ruling, however, has allowed some emergency room abortions in the meantime.

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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.

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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.

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The 5th Circuit ruling, which will now remain in place, stated that EMTALA does not cover any particular medical procedure, including abortion.

This comes as SCOTUS has also declined to hear a similar abortion case in Idaho, with some of the justices arguing that it was too early to discuss the issue. A separate lower court ruling, however, has allowed some emergency room abortions in the meantime.

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.

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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.

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SCOTUS' decision not to hear this case is unfortunate. Texas has effectively banned abortion, and its law's exceptions 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 the right to protect the state's unborn while there are horrifying pro-abortion laws being passed elsewhere in the country. Democrats may support abortion on demand and want to nationalize such laws. But these procedures, not to mention abortion pills, both unfathomably victimize the unborn and harm women.

There's a 2% chance that elective abortion will be banned nationally in the US before Jan. 1, 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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