Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications wo

Summary

Four women are suing Idaho over its strict abortion laws, seeking clarification on exceptions that would allow abortions for serious pregnancy complications before the mother’s life is in immediate danger.

Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the plaintiffs described having to leave Idaho to terminate pregnancies after receiving fatal fetal diagnoses and facing health risks.

The state argued the ban protects “unborn children” and asserted current exceptions suffice.

Doctors testified Idaho’s law creates confusion and delays, potentially worsening health outcomes for pregnant patients needing urgent care.

  • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
    2·
    12 hours ago

    asserted current exceptions suffice

    Women dying like almost every week, because of refused healthcare? Nah… Definitely not a thing. /s

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    16 hours ago

    kangaroo courts are obviously not going to help

    it is on the trained professionals to take over and just do their fucking job at this point

    • shonn@lemmy.world
      9·
      14 hours ago

      And then after they do their job be arrested and hauled in front of that kangaroo court on a murder charge. Of course, they’ve been fired at this point because the hospital’s lawyer told them not to do the procedure because they would lose their malpractice insurance if they did.

      • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        when a country gets to the point the US is now the only people left defending democracy are people like these doctors who on the front line

        time to nut up or shut up

        this is where democracy’s final gasps happen before the death knell not at the poles or kangaroo courts or on some pulpit

        when the only thing standing between freedom are a person’s ability to act or not the choice should be clear

        fuck the jackboots and do the job that took oath for or relinquish your position to shine boots so someone who does have the courage to hold the line can

        • Catoblepas
          6·
          13 hours ago

          It’s real easy to tell other people to flush their livelihoods down the drain and also go to prison so that they can never help anyone ever again.