Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho

Published on June 27, 2024

The Supreme Court on June 27 decided to dismiss Idaho’s appeal against a lower court ruling that granted an exception to its strict abortion law for abortions deemed to be medical emergencies. The new decision allows emergency abortions to proceed in Idaho while a challenge to the state’s abortion law moves through the lower courts. The release of the judicial opinion came after the court’s website staff inadvertently published a version of the document on June 26, and then took it down. The court’s new opinion is unsigned and marked “per curiam,” which means “for the court.” The opinion also states that the decision to grant the petition and agree to hear the case was “improvidently granted,” which means the justices decided that they had made a mistake in agreeing to hear the case....

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