{"id":304577,"date":"2024-01-04T10:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304577"},"modified":"2024-01-03T17:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:33:37","slug":"judge-lawsuit-idaho-pro-life-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-lawsuit-idaho-pro-life-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge allows portion of lawsuit challenging Idaho’s pro-life law to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A judge has refused to dismiss an abortion industry lawsuit challenging an Idaho law protecting nearly all preborn children from abortion, though he agreed with several of pro-life Attorney General Raul Labrador’s other motions.<\/p>\n

According to a statement<\/a> from Labrador, Judge Jason Scott will allow the lawsuit to move forward, though he dismissed several of the claims included. Scott ruled that Idaho\u2019s pro-life laws do not violate the state Constitution relating to treating pregnant women different from non-pregnant women, nor to a physician’s right to practice medicine. Most of the law will be upheld, though he agreed that the exemptions present should be further clarified.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit, Adkins v. the State of Idaho<\/a>,<\/em> was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of four women who wanted abortions, but were not able to get them in the state. For all four plaintiffs<\/a>, the preborn children were diagnosed with disabilities or abnormalities. The Center for Reproductive Rights claimed that, due to the diagnoses of disabilities in the preborn children, the women all were “at risk” of developing conditions like pre-eclampsia and therefore, their lives were in danger. However, there seems to be no indication that any of them were facing actual medical emergencies. And, as Dr. Jeffrey Wright, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, previously explained<\/a> to Live Action News, “All pregnancies involve some risk of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is only the beginning of this litigation, but the Attorney General is encouraged by this ruling,\u201d Labrador\u2019s office said in his statement. \u201cHe has long held that the named defendants were simply inappropriate, and that our legislatively passed laws do not violate the Idaho Constitution by narrowly limiting abortions or interfering with a doctor\u2019s right to practice medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n