{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2024/02/27/id-d89b6735-5a47-41bc-8885-7af0faaf16de/", "PRESS RELEASE \u2013 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher and Senator Jim Risch Lead Bicameral Amicus Supporting Idaho\u2019s Pro-Life SCOTUS Case.", "2024-02-27", "2024", "2024-02", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 27\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, (208) 743 \u2013 1388, marisa.melton@mail.house.gov\n\nU.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher and Senator Jim Risch Lead Bicameral Amicus Supporting Idaho\u2019s Pro-Life SCOTUS Case.\n\nWASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) filed an amicus brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in the case of Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States. The brief supports the State of Idaho in defending its pro-life law, the Defense of Life Act, against the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to preempt it with their wrongful reinterpretation of federal law. Fulcher and Risch were joined by the entire Idaho delegation, 24 U.S. Senators, and 93 U.S. Representatives.\n\nThe amicus brief outlines several issues with the Biden administration\u2019s case against Idaho\u2019s bill. The brief clarifies:\n\nThe administration is wrongfully misinterpreting the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) into federal agency guidance and claiming it provides a national abortion mandate for \u201cstabilizing\u201d abortions;\n\nEMTALA does not mention abortion in any capacity, and the statute\u2019s purpose is to ensure any person seeking help in an emergency room receives help regardless of his or her ability to pay;\n\nEMTALA protects women in active labor and their unborn child(ren);\n\nThere is no federal right to an abortion; and\n\nSCOTUS ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health there is no constitutional right to an abortion and it returned abortion-related decisions to the states.\n\n\u201cThe case of Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States involves an elective, induced abortion which is against Idaho law,\u201d said Congressman Fulcher. \u201cThe Biden administration has no authority to use EMTALA to avoid holding these individuals accountable for breaking the law, and this sets a precedence that is harmful to women and children around the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s overreaching efforts to expand abortion nationwide is an attempt to take power away from the American people,\u201d said Congressman Simpson. \u201cThe Supreme Court rightfully ruled that states have the right to protect life, yet this administration continues to undermine that decision. I strongly support the right of all states to protect the unborn, and I reaffirm this priority by joining this amicus brief.\u201d\n\n\u201cIdahoans have passed a strong law to protect the lives of mothers and the unborn, yet the Biden administration is seeking every opportunity to expand abortion. This administration cherrypicked pieces of existing statute and wrongfully reinterpreted it to fit their agenda,\u201d said Senator Risch. \u201cTheir manipulation of federal law cannot usurp state law, and there is no federal right to an abortion. This amicus brief demonstrates how the administration\u2019s substantial federal overreach is aimed at undermining pro-life protections not only in Idaho but around the nation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Supreme Court has ruled it is the states\u2019 ability to protect the right to life, yet the Biden Administration continues to exercise federal overreach to advance its abortion agenda,\u201d said Senator Crapo. \u201cThe Administration must stop its ongoing attacks on state-issued pro-life protections, including in Idaho.\u201d\n\nU.S. Representatives who joined in submitting the brief: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.), Mark Alford (R-Mich.), Rick W. Allen (R-Ga.), Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Brian Babin (R-Tenn.), Donald J. Bacon (R-Neb.), James R. Baird (R-Ind.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Aaron Bean (R-Fla.), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Mike Carey (R-Ohio), Jerry L. Carl (R-Ala.), Earl J. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-Ga.), Ben Cline (R-Va.), Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.), Mike Collins (R-Ga.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), John Curtis (R-Utah), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Neal Dunn (R-Fla.), Mike Ezell (R-Miss.), Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), Brad Finstad (R-Minn.), Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.), Charles Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Mike Flood (R-Neb.), C. Scott Franklin (R-Fla.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Bob Good (R-Va.), Lance Gooden (R-Texas), Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.), Garret Graves (R-La.), Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Harriet M. Hageman (R-Wyo.), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Clay Higgins (R-La.), Erin Houchin (R-Ind.), Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), Ronny L. Jackson (R-Texas), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.), Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), Tracey Mann (R-Kan.), Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), John R. Moolenaar (R-Mich.), Alex Mooney (R-Va.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Blake Moore (R-Utah), Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), August Pfluger (R-Texas), Bill Posey (R-Fla.), Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.), John Rose (R-Tenn.), Matthew Rosendale, Sr. (R-Mont.), David Rouzer (R-N.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Steve Scalise (R-La.), Austin Scott (R-Ga.), Keith Self (R-Texas), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), W. Gregory Steube (R-Fla.), Dale W. 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