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# Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban, citing ‘medical emergency’ violation
- URL: https://werd.io/justice-department-sues-idaho-over-abortion-ban-citing-medical-emergency/
- Published: 2022-08-02T22:34:37.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-02T22:34:37.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

““The law thus places medical professionals in an impossible situation,” Gupta said. “They must either withhold stabilizing treatment required by EMTALA or risk felony prosecution and license revocation. In so doing, the law will chill providers’ willingness to perform abortions in emergency situations and will hurt patients.”” [#Democracy](https://werd.io/tag/Democracy)

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