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Podcast: The Gender Justice Brief
Episode: SCOTUS Chat: Supreme Court punts decision on emergency abortion care ahead of 2024 election
Description: SCOTUS Chat: Recorded live with Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Erin Maye Quade, Gender Justice Special Projects Advisor
On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Idaho v. United States and Moyle et al., or the “EMTALA” (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act) case, which centers on whether state abortion bans supersede the federal EMTALA law mandating that hospital emergency departments receiving federal funding must stabilize a patient whose life or health is at risk.
In its long-awaited decision, the Court sent the case back to the lower courts, where. It al...