‘Idaho Republican legislators would not repair abortion regulation. It is as much as the Supreme Courtroom.’
Idaho Statesman editorial board
Docs warn that Idaho’s “strict abortion ban is jeopardizing medical care when the well being of the mom is in danger,” says the Idaho Statesman editorial board. Girls have needed to “carry nonviable fetuses” or fly out of state for care. Idaho Republicans are “burying their heads within the sand and refusing to repair it.” Throughout Supreme Courtroom oral arguments, it appeared there could be sufficient justices prepared to “repair it for them — and for all of us.”
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Stephen Semler in The Hill
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Los Angeles Instances editorial board
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