Supreme Court rules Idaho women can have abortions during health emergencies

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The only exception to Idaho's near-total abortion ban is for the life - but not the health - of the mother.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an abortion case from Idaho, a temporary win for abortion rights supporters that will allow women to receive emergency abortions despite the state's near-total ban.

The state of Idaho argued that law cannot supersede its abortion ban, which has an exception for the life - but not the health - of the mother.In a 6-3 vote, three conservative justices sided with all three liberal justices to dismiss the case, writing it had been "improvidently granted".

 

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