A Boise State University public policy survey found that the majority of Idaho residents prefer abortion policies that are more lax than the state’s current restrictions.
The state's largest health system says physicians are caught between state laws that can limit care, and federal requirements to provide emergency medical treatment.
The hospital system said there could be “severe public health consequences” if the Department of Justice lawsuit is scuttled and an associated injunction goes away with it.
A Texas judge has allowed Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri to challenge federal rules on the abortion drug mifepristone. The states want stricter regulations, citing conflict with state abortion laws. The case continues despite a prior Supreme Court decision maintaining access to the drug.
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Idaho’s largest health system is suing Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador in federal court, seeking to extend court protections that have allowed for emergency abortions despite the state’s near total-abortion ban. St. Luke’s Health System filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Idaho on Tuesday.
St. Luke’s Health System is suing Idaho’s Attorney General, arguing the state’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with federal law and puts doctors in an impossible position when treating pregnant patients in emergencies.
A Texas federal judge Thursday ruled Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can join a case challenging access to the abortion pill.
The Trump-appointed federal judge who unilaterally ordered the FDA to revoke approval of an abortion drug allowed Idaho, Kansas and Missouri to move forward in another lawsuit over mifepristone.
The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” protecting abortion in the first two trimesters and in the third trimester with some restrictions.
Three states filed a lengthy complaint Thursday in Amarillo federal court reviving the dormant lawsuit challenging looser restrictions on the use of an abortion drug.