The day after its decision was “inadvertently and briefly” posted online, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a block on portions of an Idaho abortion law after the Biden administration sued the state, claiming that the pro-life protections violated federal emergency medical treatment laws. 

The court agreed to uphold a lower court ruling blocking Idaho’s “Defense of Life Act,” according to a decision officially published Thursday. Idaho’s law prohibits all abortions with exceptions if the mother’s life is in danger and punishes those who administer abortions with up to two to five years in prison. 

In the 6-3 decision, the majority declined to rule on the merits of the whole law but wrote that litigation on the law should continue on the lower level while allowing a block on parts of the law to go back into effect. Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the decision to uphold a lower court’s ruling that “will prevent Idaho from enforcing its abortion ban when the termination of a pregnancy is needed to prevent serious harms to a woman’s health.” 

The case revolves around whether the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act, known as EMTALA, conflicts with Idaho’s abortion ban. 

Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said that federal rules requiring emergency medical treatment applied to abortion situations. The Biden administration has argued that federal law would allow doctors to perform abortions in circumstances not allowed by state law. 

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh joined Kagan in the majority. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.  

Alito argued that the court should have ruled on the broader issues of state abortion laws instead of deferring on procedural grounds. 

“That question is as ripe for decision as it ever will be,” he wrote in the document. “Apparently, the court has simply lost the will to decide the easy but emotional and highly politicized question that the case presents. That is regrettable.”

Alito added that EMTALA “does not require hospitals to perform abortions in violation of Idaho law.”

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Pro-life groups have argued that current federal law cannot be used to force emergency room doctors to perform abortions.

“Having delivered over 5,000 babies in my 30-year career, I’ve had the privilege to provide care for both of my patients, the mother and the unborn child,” Dr. Ingrid Skop with the Charlotte Lozier Institute said on Wednesday after the draft leaked. “Throughout my career, my ability to provide emergency care under EMTALA has always been clear and never obstructed. There is no conflict between EMTALA and pro-life state laws, as both allow quality care for mothers with pregnancy emergencies.”

Supreme Court public information officer Patricia McCabe said the court’s publications unit had “inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the Court’s website” on Wednesday that appeared similar to the final opinion announced on Thursday.

Republican lawmakers slammed President Joe Biden this week after an explosive report revealed that an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network has brought more than 400 illegal aliens into the U.S.

Approximately 150 of the illegal aliens have been arrested, but the whereabouts of more than 50 are unknown as federal law enforcement officials seek to hunt them down and arrest them. The report said that the remaining illegal aliens are spread out over 17 states and that they will likely be arrested soon.

The illegal aliens were smuggled in by the ISIS smuggling network through the southern border where officials, including FBI Director Christopher Wray, have warned that Biden’s open border policies are being exploited by terrorists.

Illegal aliens originating from countries were ISIS operates will rarely ever have information in any kind of database that connects them to terrorism because the countries are usually third world with little-to-no infrastructure to track terrorist suspects. Also, even if the countries had the information, many of them would likely not want to share it with the United States because they view the U.S. as an enemy state.

Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) contrasted the difference between Biden and former President Donald Trump in a statement responding to the story.

“While President Trump destroyed ISIS and its leader, Joe Biden opened the door at the border and let hundreds of ISIS-connected illegal aliens into our nation,” he said. “No one should be surprised that the most incompetent administration in American history allowed terrorists into our communities and endangered our national security. The United States desperately needs a return to peace through strength, a secure border, and President Trump in office.”

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) said: “In President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’ America, border security and immigration enforcement have become a punchline.”

“There’s literally no one President Biden won’t turn away—including illegal aliens from problematic countries smuggled in by networks connected to ISIS,” he continued. “Every alarm is flashing red, and my committee has long warned that this administration’s open-borders agenda is bringing bad actors into the homeland in droves. DHS has now admitted yet again that this is true. This is unacceptable, preventable, and absolutely terrifying.”

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said: “The Biden administration is so concerned with the optics of detaining individuals who willingly broke U.S. law that it has dismantled our vetting system, releasing violent criminals and terrorist suspects into our communities.”

“Now 50 individuals with ties to ISIS are roaming free in our country, and we have no idea where they are or what they are planning,” McCaul added. “To put it simply, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have turned our nation into a ticking time bomb. We need new leadership in the White House before another disaster strikes.”

House Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) called Biden’s presidency “our gravest national security threat,” adding that it only “took 19 terrorists to commit 9/11.”