Abortion and Federalism Post-Dobbs

The Biden administration is trying to use a federal law requiring treatment of poor patients in emergency rooms to impose an abortion mandate.

Yesterday, I filed a brief on behalf of the Manhattan Institute to defend federalism in the context of state authority to define locally appropriate medical practice. The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires that hospitals accepting Medicare funds provide stabilizing care to all ER patients, regardless of their ability to …