The Supreme Court’s Abortion Punt
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
When Roe v. Wade was overturned, a near-total abortion ban was triggered in Idaho, allowing for health exceptions only when “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.” But a case that found the ban in conflict with a federal law known as “EMTALA” went all the way to the Supreme Court, before being sent back to lower courts—neither overturning nor upholding Idaho’s ban.
Guest: Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho.
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| 0:35.0 | Prices vary based on how you buy. Dr. Stacey Syb didn't really want to get on the phone with me late last week. |
| 0:49.0 | He was definitely out of the office. |
| 0:51.0 | But lucky for me, he returned our calls anyway. |
| 0:54.0 | Hey, how are you doing? |
| 0:56.0 | It's really good. I'm kind of, you know, on a family vacation down in the Texas |
| 1:01.0 | Gulf, so... on the Texas Gulf so getting away from the real world a little bit you know. |
| 1:07.0 | Real world's calling sorry. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah no I know. |
| 1:12.0 | I wanted to talk to Dr. Syb, because he's become something of a go-to voice when it comes to abortion |
| 1:18.9 | restrictions in Idaho. |
| 1:21.6 | And there are a whole lot of those. |
| 1:24.0 | This morning, doctors in Idaho could face criminal charges for performing an abortion in almost all cases and that includes emergency room doctors. |
| 1:35.0 | Dr. Saib is a high-risk go be G-A-N, the guy who often has to break the news to a pregnant person in a medical crisis, |
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