- Docket No.
- 3:25-cv-00048
- District Court
- Tennessee Middle
Goal
- Invalidate federal guidance clarifying EMTALA
- Prohibit the federal government from enforcing federal guidance clarifying EMTALA
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters
The Catholic Medical Association alleges that the Biden administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause by issuing guidance that EMTALA requires certain providers to provide abortion care in emergency situations. 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 pregnant people in jeopardy.
7 Major Filings
- PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL (Jun 3, 2025)
- ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' CONSENT MOTION TO EXTEND ANSWER DEADLINE (Jun 2, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' CONSENT MOTION TO EXTEND ANSWER DEADLINE (May 30, 2025)
- MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR'S MOTION TO INTERVENE (May 30, 2025)
- PROPOSED INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE (May 30, 2025)
- ORDER (Apr 24, 2025)
- Complaint (Jan 10, 2025)