DOJ Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban, Saying It Flouts Patient Protections

[discobot]

The Justice Department sued the state of Idaho Tuesday over new abortion restrictions that allegedly put the lives of pregnant people in danger.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1427036

[emiliano4]

Methinks we are going to see Merrick the Mighty a little more in the coming weeks and months.

[blandsten]

Something you aren’t hearing much:

Thank you, Merrick Garland.

[emiliano4]

We are down to the last innings of this ballgame. We don’t augment our representation in both Chambers of Congress, these fascists will make this country unrecognizable.

[dadawerke]

Any truth to the rumor the filing was delivered draped over a coat hangar?

[teenlaqueefa]

Any state law that prevents a hospital from fulfilling its obligation under EMTALA violates federal law.”

I can see many, many lawsuits being filed by patients and families of patients.

Burn them down.

[noonm]

I don’t have much hope that the corrupted SCOTUS won’t find a way to let the Idaho abortion ban go into full effect, but they will have to twist themselves into hideous pretzels to do so. Each time they do, it will make them more unpopular until it forces the American people to accept expanding the Court as the least worst option.

In the meantime, good work AG Garland.

[emiliano4]

Side note:

Merrick the Mighty seems to be concerned about transfers of power.

That is all the GOP has been working on since 6 January 2021

We must be able to vote safely, securely, accurately

[ealleniii]

There’s much cynicism in this fight, and many who want to sit on their hands and say that whatever we do the supreme Court will just override it. This of course is intentional. This is how the supreme court and federalist society want us to feel. They want us to feel powerless, so that we don’t take collective action.

We are not powerless. Our federal government is taking whatever action it can take within what laws it does have. We are actively seeking to campaign, and to encourage people to campaign on this issue. We will win, because in the end we are right and there are more of us.

Thank you attorney general Garland. Godspeed and good luck.

[emiliano4]

@ealleniii

There’s much cynicism in this fight, and many who want to sit on their hands and say that whatever we do the supreme Court will just override it. This of course is intentional. This is how the supreme court and federalist society want us to feel. They want us to feel powerless, so that we don’t take collective action.

I wish there was a bumper sticker which could say this. We’ll just have to tell each other this truth.

[uneducated]

If you are a Republican you know that only Democrats get abortions so who cares if they suffer or die?

[1gg]

“…pregnant people…”
Enough with the word people. we are talking about women.

[ealleniii]

Your reflexive anti-trans comment is noted and flagged.

[irasdad]

“The Idaho law prohibits abortions in all cases except documented cases of rape, or when ‘deemed necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman’.”

Personally, I believe these types of laws should have three exceptions:

1. For the health of the mother

2. For rape or incest

3. For whatever the hell reason a woman chooses without some mansplaining jackass with a Y-chromosome or an “R” behind their name having a G-ddamn thing to say about it

But that’s just me.

[teenlaqueefa]

@irasdad

But that’s just me.

It’s not just you.

[globalguy]

@emiliano4

Merrick the Mighty

He’s not doing enough and doing it too fast!!!™

[drriddle]

It will be interesting to watch the Supreme Court rule that the federal government can’t protect people who go to emergency rooms, ensuring that emergency rooms refuse to treat some people (for whatever reason) and some end up dying outside the hospital. Sure will show how “pro-life” they really are.

[txlawyer]

Thanks to clinics close to the state lines in Washington, Oregon, and Montana, it doesn’t look like very many people in Idaho in need of abortion services are going to have to drive more than a couple hours to get an abortion. And most of the people with longer drives probably would have already had to drive a couple hours to get to an in-state abortion provider.

So basically the Idaho ban is just dumb posturing by the very bad Idaho legislature.

[sparrowhawk]

@noonm

I don’t have much hope that the corrupted SCOTUS won’t find a way to let the Idaho abortion ban go into full effect, but they will have to twist themselves into hideous pretzels to do so. Each time they do, it will make them more unpopular until it forces the American people to accept expanding the Court as the least worst option.

In the meantime, good work AG Garland.

But unless they pull it completely out of line with some Shadow Docket crap, they don’t get a say until it works up the chain of the district and Appeals courts. So it would depend on what sort of injunctions the lower courts impose in the meantime.

[txlawyer]

@noonm

Each time they do, it will make them more unpopular until it forces the American people to accept expanding the Court as the least worst option.

The least worst option is for Congress to appropriate a ton of money to bribe them into retirement.