The state’s highest court denied the request by the abortion entity Planned Parenthood.
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The Idaho Supreme Court northwestern United States ruled in favor of the Republican government of the state and allowed there is a law that prohibits abortion in practically all cases.
By three votes in favor and two against, the state’s highest court denied the request of the abortion entity Planned Parenthood requesting that the entry into force of the rule be blocked on August 25, alleging that it violates the rights to privacy and equal protection before the law.
In addition to Planned Parenthood, on August 2, the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, announced another lawsuit against Idaho, considering that his law against abortion “criminalizes doctors” and prevents them from freely practicing terminations of pregnancy when the woman’s health is at risk.
The Department of Justice sued Idaho for violating the federal Labor Law and Emergency Medical Treatment to try to protect doctors who have to intervene when the abortion is “the medical treatment necessary to stabilize a patient’s emergency medical condition.”
It was the first action by the Justice Department against a state since the Supreme Court overturned the ruling last June. Roe contra Wade y thereby eliminate federal protection of the right to abortion, ceding their legislation to the states.
Garland explained during a press conference that the working group on reproductive rights created as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision is dedicating itself to evaluating “the changing landscape of state law” and “additional litigation” against other states is already being studied.
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