The Supreme Court declined to lift a court order preventing the Biden administration from enforcing its policy requiring hospitals in Texas to provide emergency abortion care or risk losing federal funding. The lower-court ruling, which struck down guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services mandating hospitals to offer abortion in medical emergencies despite state bans, remains in place.
This decision represents a setback for the Biden administration's efforts to protect abortion access following the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court's action also means that abortion issues will not be immediately addressed by the Court, following last term's significant abortion cases.
