Supreme Court justices are raising questions about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal healthcare law after the…
Justices on the high court's liberal minority raised sharp questions about whether Idaho's law is putting women's health at riskjustices raised questions Wednesday about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal healthcare law after the sweeping ruling overturningThe case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered a state ban since the nationwide right to abortion was overturned.
“Within these rare cases, there’s a significant number where the woman’s life is not in peril, but she’s going to lose her reproductive organs. She’s going to lose the ability to have children in the future unless an abortion takes place,” said Justice Elena Kagan.With liberal justices in the minority, though, two conservative justices would also have to join them, and it wasn't immediately clear whether any members of the majority were swayed.
The Supreme Court has allowed the Idaho law to go into effect, even during emergencies, as the case played out.Doctors have said Idaho’s abortion ban has already affected emergency care. More women whose conditions are typically treated with abortions must now be flown out of state for care, since doctors must wait until they are close to death to provide abortions within the bounds of state law.
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