Administration to drop Idaho emergency abortion lawsuit and back South Carolina in Planned Parenthood funds caseThe Trump administration fired off a series of dramatic attacks on abortion rights on Tuesday, as it signaled its plan to to drop out of a case defending access to emergency abortions while asking the US supreme court for permission to join a case against the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.The justice department said it would move to dismiss the case over emergency abortions, which had been originally filed by the Biden administration, according to court papers filed by the largest hospital network in Idaho. The Biden administration had sued Idaho over its near-total abortion ban, which it accused of running afoul of a federal law that protects patients’ right to health care in emergencies. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-attacks-abortion-rights-idaho-south-carolina
Author : Carter Sherman and agencies
Publish date : 2025-03-05 00:43:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Trump launches fresh attacks on US abortion rights
