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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Texas Hospitals Cannot Be Compelled to Provide Emergency Abortions

HeadlineOct 08, 2024

In another blow to abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday Texas doctors cannot be compelled to perform emergency abortions if the procedure is deemed to violate Texas’s abortion ban. The far-right-led Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, rejected the Biden administration’s invocation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires health providers to intervene if a patient’s life is at risk.

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