"EMTALA does not mandate medical treatments, let alone abortion care, nor does it preempt Texas law," the three-judge panel - all appointed by Republican presidents - concluded.
"We agree with the district court that EMTALA does not provide an unqualified right for the pregnant mother to abort her child especially when EMTALA imposes equal stabilization obligations," the fifth circuit's opinion stated.
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