Emergency Abortion Clash at Supreme Court Tests Strictest Bans

The US Supreme Court will consider just how far states can go in prohibiting abortion Wednesday as it weighs whether emergency room doctors nationwide can perform the procedure when a pregnant woman’s health is at serious risk.

Two years after overturning Roe v. Wade and letting states outlaw abortion for the first time in a half century, the justices will use an Idaho case to decide whether the Biden administration can invoke a federal hospital law to blunt the impact in states with the strictest bans.

The showdown is already having a profound impact in Idaho, where abortion has been ...