Block on Biden’s Abortion Emergency Care Guidance Appealed by US

The Fifth Circuit is being called on to decide on the validity of an HHS guidance reminding hospitals that they may have to provide abortions under a federal emergency care law, regardless of whether the procedure is lawful in the state where they’re located.

The Biden administration has filed a notice of appeal from an August order that blocked the US Health and Human Services Department from enforcing a guidance that reminds hospitals that participate in federal health-care programs that their obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act may require them to perform abortions in some circumstances.

The ...