Far Right Appeals Court Rules Against Fed Protections for Emergency Abortions

A panel of judges on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Tuesday that would, if allowed to stand, effectively end federal guidance of a rule requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions to people whose pregnancies are threatening their lives. Following the 2022 Dobbs v. Women’s Health ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned nearly half a century of federal...

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