Thursday, January 4, 2024

Trump’s judges just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state, in a big abortion case - Vox

The Texas case, in other words, asks whether a state government can force a woman to die, or suffer lasting injury to her uterus or other reproductive organs, because the state's lawmakers are so opposed to abortion that they will not permit it, even when such an abortion is required by federal law. 

And yet, despite the fact that the EMTALA statute is unambiguous, and despite the fact that this case only involves patients whose life or health is threatened by a pregnancy, three Fifth Circuit judges told those patients that they have no right to potentially lifesaving medical care…

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