 The Supreme Court also vacated a stay on a lower court injunction that allowed the federal government to require hospitals that receive Medicare funds to provide abortions for emergency regions. In July 2022, shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance claiming that EMTALA required hospital emergency staff to perform abortions. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Idaho over its abortion ban, which only allowed for the procedure when the life of the mother was threatened.