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Abortion rights supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

BY AZIZA AHMED | The narrowing of options for physicians in Idaho leaves them in a bind: Do you perform an abortion that could save a woman’s life or her organs, as dictated by EMTALA, or will you face penalties under Idaho law? 

Oral arguments can sometimes reveal how the justices of the Supreme Court are approaching the issue at hand. The questions asked by the justices suggest three things: a lack of clarity under Idaho law; abortion as the standard of care; and acknowledgement of fetal personhood.

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The emergency room of the Harborview Medical Center on March 9, 2022 in Seattle. In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) to ensure public access to emergency services, regardless of ability to pay. (John Moore / Getty Images)

BY MARY ANNE FRANKS | The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moyle v. U.S., a case that will determine whether individual states are allowed to exclude a single group from this basic protection: pregnant women.

The state of Idaho claims that it has the right to forbid pregnant women and girls—and only pregnant women and girls—from receiving emergency care that could save their lives.

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The Biden administration has sued Idaho, saying that state’s abortion ban violates EMTALA because its exceptions are too narrow to allow doctors to perform abortions if needed to stabilize a patient. (Catherine McQueen / Getty Images)

BY SYLVIA GHAZARIAN | Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a case that will decide whether the Emergency Medical and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) will continue to require that patients be offered life saving abortion care regardless of a state’s conflicting abortion laws.

The implications for at-risk women, particularly those protected by EMTALA, cannot be ignored.

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In this episode,  we’re joined by the indomitable Lizz Winstead with a live studio in Washington, D.C. She bares all as we talk about the new documentary featuring her and Abortion Access Front (AAF), No One Asked You.  From her childhood to her own abortion story,  she tells it all, including what led her to found AAF.

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