Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case
At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room.
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At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room.
At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room.
The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.
Idaho's argument that its abortion ban has an exception if it's necessary to prevent death doesn't jibe with emergency room practices or medical ethics.
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