By The Thomas More Society - Thomas More Society attorneys have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in a lawsuit seeking to block a Biden Administration directive that forces doctors to perform elective abortions in emergency rooms. The filing, made July 7, 2023, in the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, is on behalf of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops and seven national Catholic organizations, supporting the State of Texas in trying to block US HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra from enforcing an illegitimate interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.