By MICHAEL WARREN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — The Supreme Court’s pending Idaho abortion ruling may hinge on how federal spending power might protect doctors against a state’s criminal code. For guidance, the justices can look to the very beginning of Medicare in the 1960s, when the promise of federal funding finally persuaded hospitals in […]


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By MICHAEL WARREN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — The Supreme Court’s pending Idaho abortion ruling may hinge on how federal spending power might protect doctors against a state&#8217…{ai:summary}<p>The Supreme Court's pending Idaho abortion ruling is influenced by federal spending power protecting doctors against state criminal code. Justices could look to Medicare's inception in the 1960s for guidance. #politics</p>

Can Medicare money protect doctors from abortion crimes? It worked before, desegregating hospitals

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