Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho for Now
The Supreme Court said Thursday it would dismiss a case over emergency abortions in Idaho, temporarily clearing the way for women in the state to have abortions when their health is at risk.The unsigned, one-sentence decision said the case was “imprudently granted,” meaning a majority of the justices had changed their minds about whether the case needed to be heard now. It reinstated a lower court ruling that had blocked Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion and allowed emergency abortions in hospitals if necessary to protect the mother’s health while the case worked its way through the courts.The decision, which did not rule on the substance of the case, closely mirrored a version that appeared briefly on the court's website the day before and reported by Bloomberg. A court spokeswoman ...