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00:00It's a procedural order that has left more questions than answers.
00:04The Supreme Court's overturning of the abortion ban in Idaho will allow hospitals to perform
00:09emergency abortions on pregnant women whose lives are at risk.
00:14The 6-3 ruling means Idaho's abortion ban must cede to a federal law known as the Emergency
00:19Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, which requires hospitals to stabilize patients
00:25needing emergency medical care.
00:28The temporary ruling doesn't answer key questions like can doctors provide emergency abortions
00:33elsewhere as most Republican-controlled states have restricted the procedure.
00:38Today's ruling simply delays a final ruling and allows the fight to continue at a lower
00:44court.
00:45Whereas the Supreme Court had the opportunity to definitively say that everyone deserves
00:51access to emergency care, they passed on that opportunity and that should be a warning sign
00:56to everyone.
00:57This comes two years after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a historic
01:03change which no longer guaranteed abortion in America.
01:06Since then, 14 states have banned or severely restricted the procedure.
01:11Every year, around 50,000 women in the US develop life-threatening complications during
01:16pregnancy including sepsis or the loss of reproductive organs.
01:21Abortion has been at the heart of Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign as he seeks re-election
01:28and has been focusing on this issue to gain political advantage against the Republicans
01:32in the presidential race.