House Republicans’ 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.

Let's be clear: House Republicans' aggressive and dangerous anti-abortion agenda got us to this point.

After celebrating - and taking credit for - the overturning of Roe v. Wade, House Republicans have spent the past two years continuously chipping away at reproductive freedom as part of their ongoing goal to pass a nationwide abortion ban.

What's more, 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.

DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton:
"Because of House Republicans, reproductive freedom is constantly under threat. Today's case before the Supreme Court is a tragic reminder of the relentless lengths anti-freedom extremists will go to ban abortion, even going so far as to deny life-saving medical care to women. Despite posturing to appear moderate, vulnerable House Republicans have been eager participants in the far-right crusade to ban abortion nationwide."