The U.S. government cannot enforce federal guidance in Texas requiring emergency room doctors to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency room patients, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, siding with the state in a lawsuit accusing President Joe Biden's administration of overstepping its authority. The ruling by a unanimous panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on when abortions can be provided in states whose abortion bans have exceptions for medical emergencies. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment.
(The Center Square) – The manufacturer of the generic mifepristone abortion pill filed an appeal on Thursday of a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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