Filed ahead of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals hearing in United States v. Idaho, PHR’s amicus brief documents delayed medical care and adverse health outcomes during “the injunction hiatus” – when Idaho’s abortion ban was allowed to pre-empt the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) protections. It also foreshadows the medical care crisis likely to ensue if the incoming Trump administration rescinds the government’s guidance around EMTALA and drops its case in Idaho v. United States.
