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MOYLE v. UNITED STATES 

ALITO, J., dissenting 

to 

her 

reproductive 

be “reasonably expected” that, in “the absence of immediate
medical  attention,”  PPROM  would  “plac[e]  the  health”  of 
the pregnant woman “in serious jeopardy” or cause “serious
dysfunction” 
organs.
§§1395dd(c)(1)(A)(ii),  (e)(1)(A)(i)  and  (iii);  see,  e.g.,  2  App.
594 (“Providing stabilizing treatment in the form of termi-
nation of pregnancy at the point of diagnosis would be an 
appropriate  means  to  preserve  the  patient’s  reproductive 
organs at that time”).  Thus, in PPROM cases, there may be 
an important conflict between what Idaho law permits and
what  EMTALA,  as  interpreted  by  the  Government,  de-
mands.  And  the  same  may  be  true  with  respect  to  other
conditions that a pregnant woman may experience. 

conditions. 

This  gap  between  the  Idaho  law  and  the  Government’s
interpretation of EMTALA matters.  Idaho has always per-
mitted abortions that are necessary to preserve the life of a
pregnant woman, but it has not allowed abortions for other 
non-life-threatening  medical 
Planned 
Parenthood, 171 Idaho, at 391–394, 522 P. 3d, at 1149–1152 
(summarizing  Idaho’s  historical  restrictions);  see  also 
Dobbs, 597 U. S., at 302–330 (compiling other state statutes 
with  identical  exceptions).    This  balance  reflects  Idaho’s 
judgment  about  a  difficult  and  important  moral  question.
See Planned Parenthood, 171 Idaho, at 437–438, 522 P. 3d, 
at 1195–1196.  By requiring Idaho hospitals to strike a dif-
ferent balance, the preliminary injunction thwarts the will
of the people of Idaho as expressed in law by their elected
representatives. 

B 
I now turn to Idaho’s claim that the Government’s read-
ing  of  EMTALA  would  authorize  abortions  for  mental-
health reasons.  My colleagues dismiss this concern because 
at  argument,  the  Solicitor  General  “emphatically  disa-
vowed the notion that an abortion is ever required as stabi-
lizing treatment for mental health conditions.”  Ante, at 5