The Biden administration ignored states’ rights to signal its “extreme” position on abortion when it filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s pro-life law, the state’s Attorney General Raúl Labrador told the Daily Caller News Foundation ahead of oral arguments at the Supreme Court next week.
The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Idaho in August 2022, shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and kicked the decision on abortion back to the states. It argued that Idaho’s Defense of Life Act prevents emergency room doctors from performing abortions it claims are required under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s (EMTALA) definition of emergency “stabilizing care.”
Now, the Supreme Court is tasked with resolving the alleged tension between state and federal law.
“EMTALA is actually a life affirming statute that says that doctors in…
