A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration cannot enforce federal guidance instructing doctors to provide abortion care in medical emergencies, no matter state law. The suit, brought by the state of Texas in 2022, argues that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cannot cite the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active…
ReutersA federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas is free to place a ban on emergency abortions despite federal guidance by President Joe Biden’s administration demanding otherwise. After the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, Biden’s team in 2022 pushed for federal guidance to be followed to protect abortion access in life-threatening or health-saving situations, arguing emergency abortions must be allowed under the same 1986 law that forces hospitals to provide stabilizing treatmen
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.
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is blasting the Biden administration and accusing it of breaking the law after the Treasury Department released electric vehicle guidance.