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Justices seem set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho for now,

a prematurely posted opinion says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court appears
poised to allow emergency
abortions in Idaho when a
pregnant patient's health
is at serious risk, according
to a copy of the opinion
briefly posted on the court's
website Wednesday and
obtained by Bloomberg
News.
The document suggests the
court will find that it should
not have gotten involved in
the case over Idaho's strict
abortion ban so quickly. By
a 6-3 vote it would reinstate
a lower court order that
had allowed hospitals in
the state to perform emer-
gency abortions to protect
a pregnant patient's health.
Such an outcome would
leave the issues at the
heart of the case unre-
solved. It would also mean
key questions remain un-
answered, Justice Ketanji
Brown Jackson wrote in a Anti-abortion demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Washington.
concurrence. Associated Press
"Today's decision is not a The Supreme Court ac- Wednesday. An opinion in Cabe said in a statement. listed as dissenting from the
victory for pregnant pa- knowledged that its pub- the Idaho case would be is- Conservative Justices decision.
tients in Idaho. It is delay," lications unit inadvert- sued "in due course," court Clarence Thomas, Samuel
she wrote. ently posted a document spokeswoman Patricia Mc- Alito and Neil Gorsuch are Continued on Page 2