Supreme Court Upholds Texas's Abortion Ban, Denies Biden Appeal Over Emergency Medical Care

Oct 7, 2024, 02:10 PM

On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear the Biden administration's appeal to enforce federal emergency abortion requirements in Texas, leaving in place an appeals court decision favoring Texas in a dispute over the availability of abortion procedures in hospital emergency rooms. The court's action upholds Texas's strict abortion ban, one of the country's most restrictive, and denies the administration's attempt to enforce guidance under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requiring hospitals to perform abortions if needed to stabilize a patient's emergency medical condition. This leaves unresolved the conflict between federal emergency care requirements and state abortion bans.