“I am pleased any time the Supreme Court doesn’t codify laws that harm pregnant people, however it’s the bare minimum we should expect,” said Sarah Prager, a Seattle-area abortion provider and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington, after Bloomberg News reported the decision ahead of its official release on Thursday. “I would expect Idaho doctors will still not feel particularly supported in offering emergency abortions without fear of reprisals, just given how the laws are written.”
In a 6-3 opinion, the court dismissed the case as “improvidently granted,” a procedural objection that did not address the validity of specific issues raised in relation to emergency abortion
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