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Liz Sepper

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Note two radical futures portended by the conservative justices' opinions: 1. Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch would hold that EMTALA not only does not require but also bans emergency abortions. Across the country, ER docs would have to treat a fetus/embryo as co-equal to (or superior to?) the pregnant person

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2. Barrett/Rob/Kav adopt a radical interpretation of federal conscience laws (conceded by the SG as part of a, as it turns out, foolhardy strategy). Hospitals, they say, bear no EMTALA duties where they have a "conscientious" objection. This is new. Religious hospitals thought EMTALA applied to them

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