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The Supreme Court will consider Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, which conflicts with federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing care for pregnant patients in emergencies. Despite the conflict, the Court previously stayed EMTALA, allowing the ban to take effect, resulting in devastating consequences for pregnant patients in Idaho. Doctors are forced to transfer patients out of state for emergency abortions, delaying critical care and causing unnecessary pain and risk. The Court now has the opportunity to overturn its earlier ruling and uphold the federal law protecting pregnant patients’ health.

John Sauer, a lawyer arguing Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case, generated significant controversy when he asserted that a president could not be prosecuted if he were to order the assassination of a political rival — unless he were first impeached and convicted. The former solicitor general of Missouri, Sauer is no stranger to the Supreme Court or to controversy. He has filed many briefs before the high court in his role with the Missouri attorney general’s office — including one pressing justices to toss out the 2020 election results in key swing states. Sauer has also been involved in an anti-abortion case that created a national firestorm, and has used the power of public office to attack reproductive rights and Planned Parenthood.