The Department of Justice has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the administration Biden against the State of Idaho on its total abortion prohibition, raiding the way for the prohibition to return to force, according to judicial records.
However, in a separate case, the St. John Hospital system in Idaho was able to obtain a preliminary judicial order that blocks the prohibition of entering into force, according to judicial documents.
The federal case, presented by virtue of the previous administration, but was now withdrawn by the Trump administration, said that the prohibition of abortion of Idaho violated the emergency medical treatment and the Active Labor Law, or Emtala, a federal law that requires that all hospitals that receive Medicare funds provide “stabilization care” to all patients whose health is in danger, according to law.
President Donald Trump leaves after heading to a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington.
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The total prohibition of abortion from Idaho entered into force in August 2022, prohibiting almost all abortions with exceptions for reported cases of rape or incest or when necessary to prevent the death of pregnant women. “
The administration of Biden suedaho for the prohibition arguing that Emala advances to the prohibition of state abortion and requires that doctors in the emergency room provide abortions not only if necessary to save the mother’s life, but also to avoid serious health consequences.
The very publicized case arrived at the United States Supreme Court last year. The court dismissed the case and sent it back to a lower court. That decision allowed emergency abortions to resume in Idaho.
Trump appointed three of the judges of the Supreme Court who revoked Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending federal protections for abortion rights and establishing the way for states to prohibit abortion care. He has said that he supports the exceptions for abortions in cases of violation and incest, but said that it should be left in states to decide how to regulate the procedure.
Abortion activists join for “reproductive rights and emergency abortion care” outside the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024.
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The rights groups in favor of abortion criticized the decision to dismiss the case, saying that it endangers the lives of pregnant women.
“President Trump talks about ‘protecting women’ in sports and changing rooms, while letting them go to septicas in the room and the CEO of the Reproductive Rights Center, he said in a statement.
Planned Parenthood also criticized the measure.
“We know what happens when a state prevents people from receiving emergency care: pregnant people suffer potentially mortal consequences. Idaho.
