Katie Couric Instagram – 🚨 The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would dismiss a case about emergency abortions in Idaho, temporarily clearing the way for women in the state to receive an abortion when their health is at risk.
The case marked the first time the court heard a case regarding state-level abortion restrictions after it struck down Roe v Wade.
The decision, which did not rule on the substance of the case, appeared to closely mirror a version that appeared briefly on the court’s website a day earlier and was reported by Bloomberg.
Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, enacted in 2022 after the fall of Roe v. Wade, prohibits nearly all abortions with exceptions only in cases of rape; incest, or to prevent the death of the mother. The Biden administration argued the law is in conflict with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals receiving Medicare funds to provide “necessary and stabilizing treatment.”
SCOTUS issued other rulings today including: overturning a controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis in exchange for protecting the family that owns the company from future lawsuits; ruling against in-house Securities and Exchange Commission tribunals; and blocking an Environmental Protection Agency air-quality initiative while appeals continue. | Posted on 27/Jun/2024 20:36:16
