"Court Halts Biden's Effort to Safeguard Texas Abortion Rights"

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration cannot enforce a Department of Health and Human Services guidance that sought to protect abortion services in emergency medical situations in Texas. The guidance was issued in response to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and was meant to ensure that medical providers could offer abortions when necessary to stabilize a patient's emergency medical condition under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Texas challenged the guidance, and the court's decision, led by Trump-appointed Judge Kurt Engelhardt, stated that EMTALA does not specifically mandate abortion as a treatment, thus siding with Texas and blocking the enforcement of the federal guidance.