The ruling lets stand a Fifth Circuit ruling stating that hospitals never have to terminate pregnancies, including when a patient faces risk of death.

The administration argued that a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency medical care took precedent over Texas’s heartbeat law.

The Supreme Court decided not to hear arguments in a case involving Texas that could have provided an answer about whether a state abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law. The decision is a significant victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and comes just three months after the court dismissed