Abortion Advocates Brace For Impact As SCOTUS EMTALA Case Looms

Women’s rights advocates, providers and other stakeholders are raising concerns that the consolidated pair of impending Supreme Court cases up for oral arguments Wednesday (April 24) could have dire consequences for emergency medical protections and access to stabilizing treatment. The Supreme Court in January announced it will hear arguments that will determine whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects abortions as a form of stabilizing care -- and whether EMTALA supersedes restrictive state bans on abortion. The...