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During April 24 Supreme Court oral arguments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked how Idaho's strict abortion law would be implemented. (Video: The Washington Post)

Conservative justices appear skeptical federal law requires emergency abortion care

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A divided Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday that federal law can require hospitals to provide emergency abortion care in states with strict bans on the procedure in the latest legal battle over access to abortion since the high court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago.  

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