Clashing Abortion Rulings Crimp Biden’s Response to High Court (1)

Conflicting decisions in Texas and Idaho on President Joe Biden‘s efforts to overpower restrictive state laws and ensure access to abortions in medical emergencies highlight the president’s already limited options to respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade in states without friendly judges.

A 67-page order, issued by US District Judge James Wesley Hendrix in the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday, stops Biden for now from enforcing in Texas his directive that emergency abortions for medical reasons take priority over state bans on such procedures. A day later, US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Idaho ...