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 dstaats@idahostatesman.com
March 25, 2025
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Emergency abortions are now allowed — at only some Idaho hospitals, judge rules
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.