Federal judge blocks Biden administration's 'unauthorized' federal guidance on abortions in Texas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Concerning enforcement, the guidance specifies that any state actions against a physician who performs an abortion "in order to stabilize an emergency medical condition" would be pre-empted by the federal EMTALA statute.
46% : HHS alleged in its July 11 release that stabilizing treatment "could include medical and/or surgical interventions, including abortion."
44% : Hendrix asserted that HHS "guidance goes well beyond EMTALA's text, which protects both mothers and unborn children, is silent as to abortion, and preempts state law only when the two directly conflict.
43% : According to the EMTALA guidance issued by HHS, if a pregnant woman "presenting at an emergency department is experiencing an emergency medical condition as defined by EMTALA, and that abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve that condition, the physician must provide that treatment."
43% : It further stated, "If a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the health or life of the pregnant person ... that state law is preempted."
21% : He indicated he was resolved to "ensure that President Biden will be forced to comply with the Supreme Court's important decision concerning abortion and I will not allow him to undermine and distort existing laws to fit his administration's unlawful agenda."

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