Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump, who is a psychologist and author, weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Monday not to hear the Biden administration’s appeal to enforce in Texas federal guidance requiring hospitals to perform abortions if needed to stabilize a patient’s emergency medical condition.
What Happened: Calling it another “dark day” for women in Texas, Mary Trump said it was also likely an indication where the issue regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law that requires hospitals to provide emergency care to anyone who needs it, may be headed.
“Many other states with extremely restrictive abortion laws will likely challenge and defy EMTALA—and the Supreme Court is going to let them,” she said.
Mary Trump also noted that the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a state law that prohibits abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. “Because Republicans have no sense of irony and revel in tormenting us, the law is called the ‘Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act,'” she said.
The psychologist expects an appeal to be made against the Supreme Court, which, however, will almost certainly be upheld.
In another case, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a wrongful death lawsuit against an Alabama fertility clinic to proceed, she said.
“The SCOTUS will never stop.”
Why It’s Important: Mary Trump said if opinion polls are correct, there's currently a 50-50 chance that, after Jan. 20, 2025, “women in this country will be second-class citizens with no rights over their own bodies.” She was referring to the results of opinion polls which show the contest between Donald Trump and his rival and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is evenly poised.
Women’s reproductive rights issue has proved compelling to voters in even the reddest states, including Kansas, Ohio, and Indiana, she said.
“Democrats have done a good job of changing the narrative around reproductive rights, making it clear that abortion is healthcare,” Mary Trump said.
“Life for women and girls in this country are going to keep getting worse unless Democrats maintain and increase their power and see this as the permission they apparently still need to reform this out-of-control Supreme Court.”
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