Case highlights debate over ‘life of the mother’ exception

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Case highlights debate over ‘life of the mother’ exception

Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion — the subject of a case pending before the Supreme Court — has become part of a complicated debate on what constitutes a medical emergency urgent enough to necessitate an abortion in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned. In arguments before the high court Wednesday, the federal government argued that Idaho’s abortion law is preempted by the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, …