- Docket No.
- 5:22-cv-00185
- District Court
- Texas Northern
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.
24 Major Filings
- NOTICE of EMTALA COMPLAINTS (Re Ectopic Pregnancies) (Aug 21, 2024)
- NOTICE OF APPEAL (Mar 10, 2023)
- AMENDED JUDGEMENT (Jan 13, 2023)
- ORDER Granting Stay (Dec 22, 2022)
- JUDGEMENT (Dec 20, 2022)
- ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION (Nov 15, 2022)
- NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL (Oct 21, 2022)
- ANSWER to AMENDED COMPLAINT (Sep 27, 2022)
- REPLY to RESPONSE to MOTION for Clarification (Sep 26, 2022)
- RESPONSE to MOTION for Clarification (Sep 12, 2022)
- MOTION for Clarification (Sep 1, 2022)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Catholic Healthcare Leadership Alliance et al.) (Aug 23, 2022)
- OPINION and ORDER Granting Preliminary Injunction (Aug 23, 2022)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Thomas More Society) (Aug 19, 2022)
- AMICUS BRIEF (Medical and Public Health Societies) (Aug 17, 2022)
- REPLY to RESPONSE to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Aug 17, 2022)
- AMICUS BRIEF (American College of Emergency Physicians et al.) (Aug 16, 2022)
- AMICUS BRIEF (State of California et al.) (Aug 16, 2022)
- BRIEF in Support of MOTION to Dismiss and RESPONSE to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Aug 15, 2022)
- MOTION TO DISMISS (Aug 15, 2022)
- BRIEF in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Aug 3, 2022)
- MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Aug 3, 2022)
- AMENDED COMPLAINT (Jul 28, 2022)
- COMPLAINT (Jul 14, 2022)