Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law
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🗓️ 25 April 2024
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USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe recaps Supreme Court arguments over a state abortion ban.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, April 25, 2024. This is the |
| 0:18.8 | excerpt. |
| 0:19.8 | Today, a look at the Supreme Court argument surrounding Idaho's abortion ban. |
| 0:27.6 | Plus Israel appears set to launch a military offensive on Raffa and how a pig kidney transplant helped bring a |
| 0:34.5 | grandmother back from the brink of death. The Supreme Court yesterday heard two |
| 0:39.6 | different views of the clash between a near total abortion ban in Idaho and a federal in |
| 0:43.3 | the clash between a near total abortion ban in Idaho and a federal law that the Biden administration |
| 0:46.5 | says requires hospitals to provide emergency abortions if needed to protect the |
| 0:51.7 | health of the mother. |
| 0:53.0 | I spoke with USA Today Supreme Court correspondent Maureen Gropi to learn more. |
| 0:57.0 | Maureen, thanks for making the time. |
| 0:59.0 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:00.0 | So what exactly is Idaho's abortion ban and what does it functionally do for residents in that state? |
| 1:06.0 | Idaho's law bans abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother. |
| 1:11.0 | Doctors in Idaho say they need to be able to intervene earlier if a woman is not on the brink of death, but she is facing major health risks unless her pregnancy is terminated. |
| 1:21.0 | So what's that issue then in this Supreme Court case? |
| 1:23.0 | Well, the court's deciding whether a federal law requires doctors to offer abortions if they're needed to stabilize a woman's health, even if that conflicts with the state's abortion ban. |
| 1:32.0 | That law is called the emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, |
| 1:35.6 | it's known by its acronym M. Tala. |
| 1:37.8 | And Congress passed that law in 1986 |
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