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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Boone

Hypothetical situations or real-life medical tragedies? A judge weighs an Idaho abortion ban lawsuit

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An attorney for Idaho asked a judge on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit seeking clarity about the medical exemptions to the state's broad abortion bans, saying it was based on hypothetical situations rather than current facts.

But an attorney for the four women and several physicians who sued says their claims aren't hypothetical at all, but real-life tragedies happening in doctors' offices and homes across the state.

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