SUPPLY CITY IS SEEKING UNSPECIFIED DAMAGES FROM BOTH COMPANIES THIS MORNING. THE SUPREME COURT IS HEARING ARGUMENTS IN YET ANOTHER CASE DEALING WITH ABORTION AND
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT. THIS TIME IT'S FROM AN IDAHO LAW. THE STATE WITH ONE OF THE STRICTEST ABORTION RESTRICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY. SCRIPPS NEWS CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT
STEPHANIE LIEBERGEN EXPLAINS WHAT IS AT ISSUE TODAY.
>> AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V WADE, IDAHO INSTITUTED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BANS.
THE STATE ONLY ALLOWS THE PROCEDURE IF IT IS, QUOTE, NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN. THERE IS AN EXCEPTION FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE AND INCEST, BUT ONLY IN
THE FIRST TRIMESTER THE PENALTY FOR PERFORMING WHAT IDAHO CALLS A CRIMINAL ABORTION IS 2 TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON. OPPONENTS BELIEVE IT FORCES EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS TO MAKE AN
UNFAIR CHOICE.
>> WE BELIEVE THIS AND HAND THE PROVIDERS AND LET PROVIDERS DO IT. THEY KNOW HOW TO DO AND SAVE LIVES. NEVER PUT IT RIGHT INTO TUITION. WHERE THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SAVING A LIFE
ARE GOING TO JAIL OR LOSING THEIR LICENSE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS CHALLENGING THE LAW SAYING IT CONFLICTS WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
>> SPECIFICALLY THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LABOR ACT OR EMTALA. IT REQUIRES EMERGENCY ROOMS TO TREAT PATIENTS IN ACTIVE LABOR AND PROVIDE STABILIZING CARE.
AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARGUES THAT INCLUDES AN ABORTION, IF NECESSARY. IDAHO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL ARGUES ITS LONG WHICH CALLS FOR EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS TO PROTECT AN
UNBORN CHILD IS CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW IN A FILING WITH THE SUPREME COURT, IDAHO ARGUES INTEL A TREATS MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FACE BY THE UNBORN CHILD OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN.
NO DIFFERENTLY THAN EMERGENCIES FACED BY THE MOTHER HERSELF SINCE THE IDAHO LAW WENT INTO EFFECT ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE STATE'S OBSTETRICIANS. STOP PRACTICING A DECISION F