On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case as "improvidently granted."
This decision reinstates the lower court's pause on the Idaho law while litigation continues in the lower courts.
In response to the ruling, Myrna Maloney Flynn, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, stated that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) does not conflict with state law.
Flynn emphasized that no state denies emergency medical care to pregnant women, and criticized the Biden Administration for partnering with the abortion industry to ensure unlimited abortion access, claiming it has confused and frightened the public, and highlighted that all 50 states permit women to obtain care for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and medical emergencies.
"EMTALA is not in conflict with any state law. Currently, there is not one state where a pregnant woman will be denied emergency medical care. By partnering with the abortion industry to ensure unlimited abortion access, the Biden Administration has successfully confused and frightened the average American, and its suit against Idaho is just the latest example of that. All 50 states allow women to obtain care for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and medical emergency treatment," stated Myrna Maloney Flynn.
Flynn also noted that "an additional point the government did not make in its case is that EMTALA requires ER personnel to treat the unborn as patients. The Department of Justice, at the direction of the Biden Administration, has successfully confused and frightened the average American. Its suit against Idaho is just the latest example of that."
Flynn also said, "Perhaps the biggest 'wins' to come out of Moyle is that, during arguments, the DOJ acknowledged conscience protections that exist within EMTALA and also that abortion would not qualify as stabilizing mental health care."