David Schweikert’s Extremism Enables Yet Another SCOTUS Attack on Reproductive Freedom

Today the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a law that requires doctors to provide care to stabilize patients in life-threatening circumstances. The court is considering whether Idaho's abortion ban overrules EMTALA, opening doctors to criminal charges if they perform an emergency abortion to protect the health and life of the woman.

David Schweikert and House Republicans have universally fought against any attempt to protect access to critical reproductive care, including unanimously blocking consideration of the Women's Health Protection Act - legislation that would have codified Roe and guaranteed the very same protections now under threat in today's Supreme Court arguments.

What's more, Schweikert has co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act six times during his tenure, and supported the nationwide abortion ban without exceptions as a member of the Republican Study Committee.

DCCC Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:
"Because of House Republicans like David Schweikert, reproductive freedom is under threat. Today's case before the Supreme Court is a tragic reminder of the relentless lengths anti-freedom extremists like Schweikert will go to ban abortion, even going so far as to deny women life-saving medical care. Despite efforts to mislead Arizonans on his record, Schweikert has been an eager participant in the far-right crusade to ban abortion nationwide."