The Supreme Court will decide this term whether Idaho can enforce its abortion ban as it applies to emergency rooms, and allowed the state to do so as the case is pending.
The justices issued a brief order Friday on an emergency application in November from state officials, who asked the justices to intervene in the case and allow them to enforce the law.
A district court judge had sided with the Biden administration and blocked implementation of the state law, finding that it violated the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. That federal law requires emergency departments to treat and stabilize any patient, and doctors there could conclude an abortion is necessary to do so.
