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The #Trump admin on Wed moved to drop an #EmergencyAbortion case in #Idaho.
The #DOJ filed a motion to #dismiss the lawsuit, which was originally filed by the #Biden admin, in a reversal that could have national implications for #UrgentCare.
The suit had argued that #ER #doctors treating #pregnant women had to provide terminations if needed to save their lives or to avoid serious #health consequences in ID, which has one of the country’s strictest #AbortionBans.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-emergencies-trump-idaho-emergency-3ec19baa29bcc1fd5c94aada6ea4905e
The #Biden admin had given similar guidance to #hospitals nationwide in the wake of #SCOTUS’ 2022 decision overturning the right to #abortion. It’s being challenged in other conservative states.
In #Idaho, the state argued that its #law does allow life-saving abortions & the Biden admin wrongly sought to expand the exceptions. The Republican controlled state agrees w/the dismissal, so it does not need judicial approval, #Trump #DOJ attys wrote in court documents.
#Idaho #doctors, meanwhile, say it remains unclear which #abortions are legal, forcing them to airlift #pregnant women of state if a termination might be part of the standard of care. It’s often unclear in fast-moving emergencies whether pregnancy complications could ultimately prove fatal, doctors said in court documents.
A judge has blocked ID from any #abortion ban enforcement that would change #emergency treatment at the state’s largest #hospital system for now.
"'Socialized Medicine' would be a disaster because government bureaucrats would be making medical decisions, rather than doctors."
But this is fine...
(Cue flames all around.)