Supreme Court set to hear arguments over emergency room abortion access in states' rights challenge

The contentious issue of abortion has returned to the Supreme Court, with the justices prepared on Wednesday to weigh a states' rights challenge over hospital emergency room access to the procedure.

In scheduled morning oral arguments, the high court will confront whether state abortion restrictions are invalidated by a federal law.  

Idaho officials say hospitals cannot be forced by the Biden administration to perform abortions in potentially emergency situations – even if the state has a near total ban on the procedure ...