The US, Idaho, and state lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to dismiss a lawsuit over whether the state can prohibit health-care providers from performing abortions when necessary to treat an emergency medical condition.
This the first action in a lawsuit concerning abortion taken by the federal government since President Donald Trump took office, according to reproductive rights advocates. It shuts down long-drawn out litigation in the US District Court for the District of Idaho over whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempts Idaho’s abortion law to the extent the latter would allow the state to prosecute doctors for ...
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