Physicians at Idaho’s largest health system will continue to be shielded from criminal prosecution for providing abortion care in an emergency after a federal court judge issued a new protection order ...

U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that only St. Luke’s Health System and its medical providers are protected ...

In it, the Biden administration again asserted that EMTALA preempts state law criminalizing providers who deliver abortion services. Lower courts ruled against the administration and, in October ...

Most lawyers will take a hint from the courts when they are told a legal argument does not hold water. Idaho’s Attorney ...

JONES: Despite being told by three courts that his argument on Idaho’s abortion ban is wrong, Raul Labrador keeps making the ...

A health system at the center of a legal dispute over emergency abortions ... Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986, known as EMTALA. President Donald Trump, who opposes abortion rights ...

“Despite this decision, EMTALA remains federal law. Idaho’s largest health care provider, St. Luke’s, has filed its own lawsuit to continue the fight that the administration dangerously ...

that Idaho’s abortion ban is preempted to the extent that it conflicts with EMTALA; and (2) prevent Idaho officials from enforcing the law in those circumstances. Citing the need to offer care ...

or EMTALA, with its strict abortion restrictions. The law requires hospitals that receive federal Medicare and Medicaid funds to stabilize patients experiencing medical emergencies. “It has been ...

or EMTALA. Idaho law only allows abortion in some instances: ectopic or molar pregnancies, reported cases of rape or incest, and procedures that prevent the death of a pregnant patient.

Known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, the 1986 law requires emergency rooms to offer a medical exam if you turn up at their facilities. The law applies to any ...

"Idaho's law protects more than 1,500 babies a year and nothing in it stops pregnant women from receiving emergency medical care." ...