Alliance Defending Freedom asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Idaho abortion case

Conservative legal advocacy group asks court to again remove prosecution protection for ER doctors

Attorneys for two national law firms have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a federal case in Idaho regarding whether emergency room physicians can continue to be shielded from prosecution under the state’s abortion ban.

If the court were to grant the motion, ER doctors in Idaho would again be subject to criminal penalties and loss of medical licenses for performing an abortion unless it qualified under the state exception to save the pregnant patient’s life.

The Alliance Defending Freedom announced it filed an emergency application for a stay pending appeal with the high court on Monday, in conjunction with attorneys from Cooper & Kirk, on behalf of Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office. Alliance Defending Freedom is a religious conservative group that recruits and trains attorneys to litigate cultural issue cases, including abortion, anti-LGBTQ legislation and what they consider violations of Christian religious freedom. Cooper & Kirk have represented several conservative politicians in high-profile cases, including defending Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “anti-woke” law that limits classroom instruction and employee training on issues of race.

According to public records, the Idaho Legislature has spent more than $370,000 on outside attorneys from the law firm Morris Bower & Haws since the case began. In Florida, Cooper & Kirk attorneys charged the state government up to $725 per hour.

Read more: https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/11/21/alliance-defending-freedom-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-idaho-abortion-case/