N.M. Delegation Files Amicus Brief Urging Ninth Circuit Court to Affirm that Federal Law Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Care, Including Abortion
October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
After the Supreme Court dismissed Idaho v. United States, returning it to the Ninth Circuit Court, 259 Members of Congress ask the Ninth Circuit to affirm that federal law ensures abortion care qualifies as "emergency stabilizing care" under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), and hospitals participating in Medicare must provide "emergency stabilizing treatm . . .
After the Supreme Court dismissed Idaho v. United States, returning it to the Ninth Circuit Court, 259 Members of Congress ask the Ninth Circuit to affirm that federal law ensures abortion care qualifies as "emergency stabilizing care" under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), and hospitals participating in Medicare must provide "emergency stabilizing treatm . . .