CV NEWS FEED // The Supreme Court seems poised to rule that emergency room doctors in Idaho must perform abortions under specific circumstances, according to a copy of a forthcoming court ruling that the court “accidentally” posted on June 26.
According to the Daily Signal, the court’s public information officer Patricia McCabe stated, “The Court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the Court’s website. The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be issued in due course.”
The Daily Signal reported that the document indicated that the justices will decide 6-3 to reinstate a lower court’s order that Idaho hospitals must conduct emergency abortions for maternal health protection.
According to the ruling, the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 challenges Idaho’s 2022 Defense of Life Act, which prohibits abortion in all cases except when the life of the mother is in danger.
Lawyer Sarah Parshall Perry stated on X, “The question at issue was whether the government’s interpretation of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) required the provision of abortions in state emergency rooms, despite conflicting Idaho state law preventing most abortions.”
The leaked document suggested that the majority will reject appeals by Idaho and its Republican leaders, and will dismiss the case as “improvidently granted,” meaning it decided it should not review the case.
Three conservative justices—Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch—appeared to object to the decision.
The Supreme Court maintains that this release is not necessarily the final ruling.
