Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Abortion Guidance
July 14, 2022 |
Texas sued the Biden administration on Thursday over its claim that federal law preempts state law when it comes to performing life-saving abortions.
The lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the latest salvo in the legal frenzy which has erupted since the Supreme Court ruled last month that individual U.S. states can ban or restrict abortion.
Following the Supreme Court decision, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that federal law protects healthcare providers who perform “life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations.”
“When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life and health of the pregnant person … that state law is preempted,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a letter to healthcare providers.
Paxton filed suit against HHS over its use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), saying it would “require hospitals to perform abortions.” “The Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic,” Paxton said in a statement…(Excerpt from Newsmax)
