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“Nobody’s suggesting that a woman is not an individual and she doesn’t deserve stabilization.” — Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. during oral arguments Wednesday for Idaho v. United States, concerning whether federal law can require hospitals to perform emergency abortions in states with bans.

“I think the premise of the question would be that the state of Idaho can declare that she cannot get to the stabilizing treatment even if she’s going to die.” — Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar, arguing for the federal government.