What: The Trump administration DOJ signaled that it will drop a case brought by the Biden administration that aimed to enforce a federal law requiring hospitals provide adequate care for patients who arrive in the emergency department. Idaho hospitals are trying to get clarity on whether doctors can perform emergency abortions under the state’s extremely restrictive abortion ban. They argue that Idaho’s existing law forces them to fly women out of state.

Key line: “The Supreme Court stepped into the Idaho case last year and ultimately handed down a narrow ruling that allowed hospitals to continue performing emergency abortions as doctors deemed necessary. The high court did not, however, resolve key legal questions in the case, and it was argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December. The appeals court has not yet ruled.”

Source: AP