SPOKANE, Wash. – The Supreme Court ruled Idaho residents will have access to emergency abortion care on Thursday causing many officials to weigh in on the topic.
The decision from SCOTUS came after the decision was leaked online and then removed on Wednesday.
Idaho’s Attorney General, Raúl Labrador made a statement following Thursday’s decision.
“Today, the Court said that Idaho will be able to enforce its law to save lives in the vast majority of circumstances while the case proceeds. The Biden administration’s concession that EMTALA will rarely override Idaho’s law caused the Supreme Court to ask the 9th Circuit for review in light of the federal government’s change in position,” said Labrador.
Residents and officials in Washington also reacting to the decision with Senator Murray stating that this decision is the bare minimum for women.
“Even with EMTALA still in place for now in Idaho —Republican abortion bans continue to have a dangerous chilling effect,” said Murray. “And let’s be clear, providing emergency stabilizing care under EMTALA is the bare minimum to keep a patient alive—these women may have undergone tremendous trauma and suffering up until they meet the threshold for emergency stabilizing care.”
