- Docket No.
- 23-10246
- Appellate Court
- Fifth Circuit
Goal
- Invalidate agency guidance
- Prevent enforcement of agency guidance
Issues
Case History
Litigation Content
Why this Matters
The Plaintiffs argue that federal guidance concerning the provision of abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) exceeds agency authority, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, and conflicts with Texas state law. Ensuring that clinicians provide abortion services when required to stabilize a patient in a medical emergency situation enables patients to receive necessary life-saving care.
Potential Impact
Preventing women from accessing stabilizing care in emergency situations, if that care requires an abortion, will put the health and safety of women in jeopardy.
16 Major Filings
- SUPREME COURT NOTICE re Writ of Certiorari (Apr 4, 2024)
- JUDGEMENT (Jan 2, 2024)
- OPINION (Jan 2, 2024)
- APPELLANTS' REPLY BRIEF (Aug 4, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Advancing American Freedom et al.) (Jul 7, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Americans United for Life) (Jul 7, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Charlotte Lozier Institute) (Jul 7, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Institute for Faith and Family) (Jul 7, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Texas Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance et al.) (Jul 7, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Life Legal Defense Foundation) (Jul 6, 2023)
- BRIEF FOR APPELLEES (Jun 30, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (American College of Emergency Physicians et al.) (May 8, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (County of Santa Clara, California et al.) (May 8, 2023)
- AMICUS BRIEF (State of California et al.) (May 8, 2023)
- BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS (May 1, 2023)
- NOTICE OF APPEAL (Mar 10, 2023)