Posted on 06/27/2024 9:09:29 AM PDT by Morgana
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Moyle v. United States dismissing the case as “improvidently granted.” The decision reinstates the lower court’s pause on the Idaho law in question while litigation continues in the lower courts.
National Right to Life was seeking a ruling on the merits, however, the Court made clear that this case needs further lower court resolution. The state of Idaho had argued that the government’s interpretation of EMTALA would render Idaho’s pro-life law nearly unenforceable and would turn hospital emergency rooms into “federal abortion enclaves governed not by state law, but by physician judgment, and enforced by the United States’ mandate to perform abortions on demand.” But, during arguments, the U.S. government went on record claiming they were doing no such thing.
Justice Barrett, in her concurring opinion, notes that the
…United States disclaimed these interpretations of EMTALA. First, it emphatically disavowed the notion that an abortion is ever required as stabilizing treatment for mental health conditions…. Second, the United States clarified that federal conscience protections, for both hospitals and individual physicians, apply in the EMTALA context.
During the oral argument, the federal government identified numerous emergency medical conditions, and Idaho confirmed that they could ALL be treated under state law.
“The Biden-Harris Administration has worked side-by-side with the abortion industry to expand unlimited abortion throughout all 50 states,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “The Biden-Harris Administration has deliberately created confusion and fear by claiming that women cannot and will not receive the emergency care they need.”
Tobias continued, “We were pleased to see the U.S. government changing its tune during oral argument, going on record to state that they are not trying to turn emergency rooms into elective abortion facilities. We hope the courts hold their feet to the fire on this promise.”
National Right to Life looks to the lower courts to uphold the Idaho law which, like laws in all 50 states, explicitly allows care for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and treatment in a medical emergency. EMTALA does not conflict with pro-life state laws—women can and will be able to get ongoing care for emergencies.
National Right to Life filed a friend of the court brief supporting Idaho’s pro-life law, Defense of Life Act. The National Right to Life brief is available on the docket here.
By the way Joe ... do you really think that after all the dead people you’ve left in your wake that when you stand in God’s judgement he will say: “Since a man with his collar turned around backwards forgave all your sins, come right on in”?
There are so many money draining things casually mandated by
Congress or the Administration that are destroying society and institutions, it isn’t possible to even count them now. A former ER nurse told me that the majority of the ER cases when she worked there were illegals or poor people using the ER as their regular doctor. Because it was essentially mandated by law that the ER had to treat them. She quit because the constant supply of overwhelming patients was too much for her.
Here’s something she alluded to, and I’ve seen in my life. People who get stuff for free are rude, loud, angry and demanding. It’s odd that people paying full price for something are generally calm, polite and much easier to please.
I have an elderly woman renter living with her grandson. When she was paying the rent herself, the place was kept neat and in good order. Then she got onto some government rent plan. When I last went there bags of garbage were piled in the living room because she and the twenty-something grandson couldn’t remember to put them out. Every surface in the kitchen was covered with dirty dishes and rotting food. The house smelled of urine. Other than that, she and her grandson seemed the same as before. The only difference was who is paying the rent. (I’m evicting them.)
There are so many money draining things casually mandated by
Congress or the Administration that are destroying society and institutions, it isn’t possible to even count them now. A former ER nurse told me that the majority of the ER cases when she worked there were illegals or poor people using the ER as their regular doctor. Because it was essentially mandated by law that the ER had to treat them. She quit because the constant supply of overwhelming patients was too much for her.
Here’s something she alluded to, and I’ve seen in my life. People who get stuff for free are rude, loud, angry and demanding. It’s odd that people paying full price for something are generally calm, polite and much easier to please.
I have an elderly woman renter living with her grandson. When she was paying the rent herself, the place was kept neat and in good order. Then she got onto some government rent plan. When I last went there bags of garbage were piled in the living room because she and the twenty-something grandson couldn’t remember to put them out. Every surface in the kitchen was covered with dirty dishes and rotting food. The house smelled of urine. Other than that, she and her grandson seemed the same as before. The only difference was who is paying the rent. (I’m evicting them.)
Barrett is a disappointment. She’s like O’Conner and does her own thing. Kavanaugh is a squish and Roberts is more of a politician than judge.SCOTUS 2024 is the “no standing” court.
“I have an elderly woman renter ...”
Could it be she has developed some kind of dementia and the grandson is just a lazy sod? Maybe you need to have APS do a welfare check on her.
“Could it be she has developed some kind of dementia and the grandson is just a lazy sod? Maybe you need to have APS do a welfare check on her.”
Yes, there’s something wrong with her. But talking to the grandson, she’s always been a horrible person. She was outraged with me that I was teaching her 27-year-old grandson to drive. I have a running car I was giving to him, along with a few months of insurance so he could get a job. When she found out she went ape-$hit and threatened to hit me. She couldn’t control herself. She is afraid, rightly, that he’ll discover girls and with money he’d move out. She has unseemly control over him, having raised him from age four. Once I realized the level of codependence, I backed out. I only found out about all the damage they’ve done because I sent someone there to repair the air conditioner. He said, he gagged when he went inside.
Whatever her problem, she’ll end up costing me money to repair and rerent the place. I am not going to inspect weekly to see if they’re keeping it up. (Also, she goes to the senior center every day. If there was a problem they’d refer her for treatment.)
This is a truly unpleasant situation, and I won’t stand for it. I already won’t go over there without a witness. Because, she’s crazy.
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