Bloomberg Law
Aug. 25, 2022, 2:47 PM

Biden Faces Abortion Tangle in Mixed Rulings on Emergency Access

Joel Rosenblatt
Joel Rosenblatt
Bloomberg News
Robert Burnson
Robert Burnson
Bloomberg News

The Biden administration’s effort to ensure access to abortions in medical emergencies notched a win and a loss in courts in the span of a single day, showing the difficulty the federal government will have in pushing its agenda in conservative states.

Late Wednesday, the administration won a temporary block to an Idaho law that was due to go into effect Thursday and allowed for the prosecution of doctors who perform abortions. The ruling in Boise came even after Idaho legislators offered to change the state’s so-called trigger ban in response to US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill’s criticism ...

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