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Supreme Court weighs Idaho case about abortion restrictions in medical emergencies

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Here & Now's Celeste Headlee speaks with law professor Mary Ziegler about what Supreme Court justices said from the bench Wednesday as they heard their first case about the constitutionality of a state abortion restriction since the court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The Biden administration argues that federal emergency care law overrides the state of Idaho's law that only allows abortions in a medical emergency if the mother faces death.

This segment aired on April 24, 2024.

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