Supreme Court hears Idaho abortion ban case [Video]

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The issue of abortion is back before the Supreme Court.  The justices heard oral arguments on whether Idaho, one of several states that has enacted an abortion ban, can deny women emergency abortions if their lives are not immediately in danger.

Protestors from both sides of this debate gathered outside the court. This is just the second abortion case the court has heard since overturning Roe vs. Wade.

The case directly pits the Biden administration’s interpretation of federal law against Idaho’s abortion ban.

“It’s unthinkable we’ve even gotten to this point,” said Sarah Kolick from Cleveland, Ohio.

Inside, the justices weighed if Idaho can prohibit emergency room doctors from providing abortions if a woman’s life is not immediately at risk.

The Biden administration argued a 1986 federal law known as EMTALA requires emergency room doctors to treat and stabilize patients and abortions are not excluded.

“What Idaho …