As the U.S. Supreme Court waded through arguments Wednesday to determine whether federal law requires pro-life states to conduct abortions on women in emergencies, pro-life advocates are calling out the Biden administration for “inventing a federal mandate by manipulating” a decades-old healthcare law.
As CBN News reported, the Department of Justice sued Idaho for its law that only allows for abortion to save the life of the mother.
The Biden administration claims the law violates a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
EMTALA was passed nearly forty years ago by Congress to prevent “patient dumping,” or the practice by private hospitals at the time that would send emergency room patients who couldn’t afford treatment to other hospitals that accepted poor patients. The law requires hospitals to stabilize E.R. patients before transferring them to other hospitals.Â
“Idaho is standing up to prevent the Biden administration from inventing a federal abortion mandate by manipulating EMTALA,” Alliance Defending Freedom, a non-profit legal group, wrote on X.Â
While the high court seemed split after hearing arguments Wednesday, pro-life advocates see the case as another important step in the process of ensuring the right to life for the most vulnerable and
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