Hours before the state’s anti-abortion “trigger” law takes effect, a federal judge in Idaho has partially blocked a ban on abortion care in the state following a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice.
US District Court Judge B Lynn Winmill granted a preliminary injunction on 24 August that prohibits the state from enforcing the anti-abortion law “to the extent that statute conflicts” with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. Health providers will not face prosecution or arrest if they provide abortions during emergency medical care.
