Over 250 Democratic members of Congress, led by figures such as Patty Murray and Frank Pallone, have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging it to affirm that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires hospitals, especially those receiving Medicare funds, to provide emergency stabilizing care, including abortion services, regardless of state laws like Idaho's draconian abortion restrictions. This move is part of a wider effort to protect access to mifepristone, a medication that nearly 2/3 of women use for abortion and is recognized as safe and effective. The brief emphasizes the life or death importance of maintaining patient access to life-saving care amidst the extreme MAGA agenda's push to restrict reproductive rights, including medication abortion.
The right to an abortion is on the ballot. Women’s health care is on the ballot. We have to keep right-wing extremists from interfering with the decisions of doctors and patients. https://t.co/n5WBNzGr7b
The Supreme Court may not end access to mifepristone — but House Republicans are determined to do it themselves. More: https://t.co/Uo299JfEX3 https://t.co/GAreOVzy25
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for scores of drugs regulated by the FDA. https://t.co/67MwOOtDm3
#EMTALA is the law of the land, and I stand with 257 of my colleagues in the House & Senate to remind SCOTUS of that. Our amicus brief demands hospitals provide all necessary emergency care, including emergency abortion care. State bans like Idaho's cannot supersede federal law. https://t.co/xIhFdHjmKv
Women have the right to comprehensive health care. I joined 258 of my Democratic colleagues in an amicus brief to ensure hospitals participating in Medicare provide emergency services to patients, including abortion care. https://t.co/q6p6MlV3iI
Let’s be clear: medication abortion, including mifepristone, is a safe, effective, and routine form of health care. Any attempt to restrict our bodily autonomy is a threat to our lives. https://t.co/gwkDuptsMp
I stand with over 200 of my @ProChoiceCaucus and @HouseDemocrats colleagues to protect lifesaving health care for millions nationwide. The Supreme Court must uphold federal law and protect the fundamental right to all emergency care, including abortion. https://t.co/kzppwyijCH
You shouldn’t have to face a life-threatening emergency to receive medical care. That’s why I am leading 200+ of my @ProChoiceCaucus and @HouseDemocrats colleagues on an amicus brief urging SCOTUS to protect the fundamental right to all emergency care, including abortion.
Mifepristone is safe & effective healthcare. It’s also the next big target of the far-right’s assault on women’s reproductive rights. My Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act would reaffirm every woman’s right to access it. Congress must codify women's foundational freedoms NOW. https://t.co/GcHMwKdrfr
Mifepristone is the way nearly 2/3 of women get an abortion - and we've known for decades that it's safe and effective. But right now, anti-choice extremists are pushing to restrict access to it nationwide. I'm standing up to fight back. https://t.co/ZWVcjsSMVl
🚨I’m backing an effort urging SCOTUS to affirm that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires hospitals to provide emergency stabilizing treatment — including abortion care — when medically necessary. To fail to uphold this mandate would put lives at risk.
No state should force doctors to deny emergency medical care. SCOTUS will soon decide whether states can keep putting lives at risk or uphold basic health care rights & laws. As a member of @ProChoiceCaucus, I know abortion is health care & I’m fighting to protect your rights.
#EMTALA mandates that hospitals provide stabilizing treatment to all patients, including necessary abortion care, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. #SCOTUS must uphold this federal law. We cannot allow states to risk women dying to further their extremist agenda. https://t.co/73WMt5W44o
San Francisco has joined an amicus brief for Moyle v. U.S. and Idaho v. U.S., urging SCOTUS to protect medically necessary emergency abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. https://t.co/C5pR1FLA2s
Telehealth & medication abortion are lifelines for women in states with near-total abortion bans. SCOTUS is hearing a case that threatens both. I wrote an amicus brief & helped introduce bills to protect medication abortion. We must do everything we can to stop the war on women. https://t.co/J6sh7QJXCj
In Idaho v. United States, the Supreme Court will rule on EMTALA, which protects the fundamental right to all emergency care, including abortion. SCOTUS must uphold the right to emergency care. https://t.co/QZgi4CrG0q
For nearly 40 years, federal law has protected pregnant patients from being turned away at hospitals in emergencies. Now, SCOTUS is considering denying pregnant people this protection. I'm standing with 257 of my Democratic colleagues in fighting back. https://t.co/iLFWAEkzbG
I have joined 257 Democrats in Congress demanding the supreme court keep the women’s health drug mifepristone legal in America and reject republicans’ vicious attempt to ban it. https://t.co/EkUUpNLbhX
Reproductive health decisions are between women, their families & their doctors – not extreme right-wing politicians. As the Supreme Court hears cases on women's health freedom, House Democrats are urging the justices to protect access to mifepristone & emergency medical care.
While MAGA Republicans push extreme bans and restrictions on reproductive health care, Colorado knows that protecting reproductive rights is about protecting freedom. Joined advocates & doctors in Aurora today to say: we will always fight for women to receive the care they need. https://t.co/rDVQKf7eck
I helped lead 258 House & Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court affirming that federal law requires hospitals to provide emergency stabilizing care, including abortion care, when necessary regardless of a state's restrictions. https://t.co/zOHGP12Pf6
We can’t let extremists stop health care providers from doing their jobs—especially when it is a matter of life or death. Today I joined my Democratic colleagues in urging the Supreme Court to protect a patient's right to emergency abortion care. https://t.co/V99LUhEHQd
For decades, federal law has protected pregnant patients from being denied emergency care. Now, anti-choice extremists want to put women’s lives at risk by stopping healthcare providers from doing their jobs. I just signed an amicus brief to uphold life-saving protections. https://t.co/IHpXKfg7fV
I joined a congressional amicus brief to defend women’s access to life-saving abortion care. https://t.co/P7cZ3H9LHT
Extremists are using every trick in the book to end reproductive freedom. Soon, SCOTUS will consider a case that threatens patient access to abortion in cases of emergency. I joined an amicus brief urging the court to protect access to life-saving care.
Committee Ranking Member @FrankPallone helps lead 258 Democrats in a new amicus brief to #SCOTUS affirming EMTALA requires hospitals to provide emergency care, including abortion care, when necessary regardless of a state's draconian restrictions on reproductive health care. ⬇️
Abortion access is a matter of life or death. Standing with @PattyMurray and our Democratic colleagues, I’m calling on the Supreme Court to affirm everyone's right to emergency abortion care. https://t.co/deQrMwRYpY
The extreme MAGA agenda of banning abortion nationwide is putting lives at risk. Joined @RepJeffries, @SenSchumer and over 250 colleagues to urge the Supreme Court to affirm hospitals’ responsibility to provide life-saving care including abortion care. https://t.co/ng5A8tsCVV
Proud to join @HouseDemocrats, @HouseJudiciary, @WaysMeansCmte, @EnergyCommerce, 209 House Members & 49 Senators in filing an amicus brief to #SCOTUS urging them to uphold federal law & the right to emergency care. #EMTALA is law & emergency abortion access is essential. https://t.co/2M8EWYu4CB
Abortion care is health care, and hospitals receiving Medicare funds must provide abortion care when required as an emergency medical treatment. I enthusiastically join my colleagues on this amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court today. https://t.co/kXiSJHbfmE
Today I led 257 members of Congress in an amicus brief urging SCOTUS to find the federal law EMTALA requires hospitals to provide emergency stabilizing care—including emergency abortion care—regardless of Idaho’s draconian abortion restrictions.