The state ban remains in place until the Supreme Court hearing or decision on what it said was an expedited schedule. As now usual, news stories were alternately headlined as a hearing set on the law, or in Breitbart as, “Supreme Court Blocks Biden Admin’s Attempt to Force Idaho ER Docs to Perform Abortions,” by allowing a temporary stay.
Access to abortion in emergencies is not the only abortion issue headed for the Supreme Court. Justice also will decide whether to limit access to the abortion-by-mail, oral medication mifepristone, first approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago.