Emergency abortions are now allowed — at only some Idaho hospitals, judge rules
The main entrance to the emergency room at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center on Aug. 17, 2023. St. Luke’s hospitals and providers are the only places explicitly authorized to perform abortion as stabilizing emergency medical care, according to an injunction from Idaho District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. David Staats [email protected]
Idaho doctors can perform an abortion as stabilizing care during a medical emergency, a federal judge ruled Thursday — so long as they’re at the right hospital.
U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that only St. Luke’s Health System and its medical providers are protected from Idaho’s near-total abortion ban where it intersects with emergency care. The ruling created a preliminary injunction in the case between the health system, which is Idaho’s largest, and Attorney General Raúl Labrador.
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