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Cite as:  603 U. S. ____ (2024) 

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BARRETT, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 23–726 and 23–727 
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MIKE MOYLE, SPEAKER OF THE IDAHO HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

23–726 

23–727 

IDAHO, PETITIONER 
v. 
UNITED STATES 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT 

[June 27, 2024]

 JUSTICE  BARRETT,  with  whom  THE  CHIEF  JUSTICE  and 

JUSTICE KAVANAUGH join, concurring. 

We granted certiorari before judgment in these cases to 
decide whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and La-
bor Act (EMTALA) preempts a provision of Idaho law that 
prohibits abortions except when necessary to save the life 
of the mother.  601 U. S. ___ (2024).  Because the shape of 
these cases has substantially shifted since we granted cer-
tiorari, I concur in the Court’s judgment dismissing the writ 
as improvidently granted. 

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In 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services 
issued guidance to “remind hospitals of their existing obli-
gation to comply with EMTALA.”  Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services, Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligations 
Specific to Patients Who Are Pregnant or Are Experiencing 
Pregnancy  Loss,  Note,  p. 1  (July  11,  2022)  (rev.  Aug.  25, 
2022) (italics deleted). The guidance tells physicians that if