The Department of Justice has dropped a Biden-era lawsuit that had attempted to compel Idaho to allow abortions in violation of the state’s Defense of Life Act. The move comes after a yearslong battle the pro-life state has had with the leadership of the Department of Justice under then-President Joe Biden.
The Biden administration had argued in court that the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) required pro-life states such as Idaho to allow abortions if they were required to stabilize a woman in a medical condition. Idaho’s Defense of Life Act already permits an abortion according to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office “on the subjective, good-faith medical judgment of a doctor who believes the life of the mother is threatened.”
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has contended that EMTALA and the Defense of Life Act were not…
