The Justice Department is suing Idaho for restricting access to abortion to patients who need lifesaving medical treatment.
Idaho's near-total abortion ban, which will take effect later this month, would make it nearly impossible, according to the Justice Department, for patients who need an abortion in emergency medical situations, such as an ectopic pregnancy or other complications, from receiving potentially lifesaving treatment.
's requirement to provide stabilizing treatment, even where a doctor determines that abortion is the medical treatment necessary to prevent a patient from suffering severe health risks or even death," DOJ said in its lawsuit.The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rightsIn a statement, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden accused the Justice Department of filing"a politically motivated lawsuit.
or risk felony prosecution and license revocation. In so doing, the law will chill providers' willingness to perform abortions in emergency situations," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who's the head of the task force, said Tuesday.Garland said that the lawsuit has"nothing to do with going around" the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs.
are in any way invalid. It's quite the opposite. The Supreme Court left it to the people's representatives. was a decision made by the Congress of the United States. The supremacy clause is a decision made in the Constitution of the United States. Federal law invalidates state laws that are in direct contradiction."Abortion providers and advocates in Idaho have also challenged the state's trigger law, arguing that the law is so vague that providers are unsure whether they can provide care for patients in cases such as miscarriages. The state Supreme Court is set to hear the case on Wednesday.
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