Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case
Inscrutable. That is the only word to accurately describe the Supreme Court's latest abortion argument Thursday.
At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. Specifically, whether a state may ban medical termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health, but not her life, is in grave danger.
The case centers on a law enacted in 1986 to stop hospitals from turning away uninsured patients or dumping them on other hospitals. It's known as
