The Supreme Court is looking incredibly grim right now

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     April 24, 2024 The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its second major abortion case in less than two months—and I regret to inform you that [the outlook is incredibly grim](: The court's conservative majority appeared [united in their skepticism]( that the federal mandate to provide emergency care, a law known as EMTALA, requires abortion care. The consequences of such skepticism are already known. [As my colleague Pema Levy wrote](, pregnant people are regularly turned away from emergency rooms; they suffer [hemorrhaging]( until near death; people have [spent]( three days in the ICU with sepsis. Yet, the conservative justices seemed to openly deny that such events have happened. This eagerness to suspend reality is striking, especially when human suffering—forcing pregnant people to be at death's door to receive care—is completely avoidable. And if you think that this is just a problem for red states, you're wrong. Nina Martin warns us that blue states, which have a high proportion of Catholic hospitals in their health care infrastructure, could see the further weaponization of arguments used to deny emergency care. All this, of course, is yet another [reminder of the dire effects]( of overturning Roe. But it's ultimately a choice to be this cruel, and the conservative justices of the Supreme Court are chomping at the bit to force such brutality on the rest of us. —Inae Oh Advertisement [House BookShop Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Idaho Wants the Supreme Court to Ignore Reality. The Justices Seem Ready to Oblige.]( The GOP-dominated court doesn't appear interested in what is happening to patients denied emergency abortions. BY PEMA LEVY MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   An important update on our finances We’re falling behind our online fundraising goals—and we can’t sustain coming up short on [donations]( month after month. It is [impossibly hard]( in the news business right now, and the [crisis]( facing journalism and democracy isn’t going away anytime soon. Neither is Mother Jones. Which is exactly why, despite the challenges we face, we just took a big gulp and [joined forces]( with the Center for Investigative Reporting, which creates the amazing podcast and public radio show [Reveal]( and other investigative projects. It’s going to be hard making it all work, and we simply can’t afford to fall behind our fundraising targets month after month. If you can part with even just a few bucks, [please support Mother Jones and investigative journalism with an urgently needed donation today](. And thank you so much to everyone who recently has. We’re grateful. [Donate]( [Trending] [Did Trump push the NY judge too far?]( BY RUSS CHOMA   [Emergency abortion care is before the Supreme Court—and blue states should be very worried]( BY NINA MARTIN   [Churches don't have to be accessible. That's a voting rights problem.]( BY JULIA MÉTRAUX   [This tribe will gladly accept clean energy funding, even if Wyoming won't]( BY JAKE BOLSTER Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Meet the MAGA Candidate Vying to Replace Mitt Romney]( With endorsements from Matt Gaetz and Kari Lake, Trent Staggs just might pull it off. BY STEPHANIE MENCIMER Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755