If this is Idaho's response to federal lawsuit over abortion ban, we're in legal trouble [View all]
The U.S. Department of Justices lawsuit against the state of Idaho the first such lawsuit the federal government has filed against a state in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade is based on important matters of life and death, and raises legitimate questions about how Idahos abortion ban would be implemented.
In essence, the DOJ lawsuit contends that Idahos trigger law is a violation of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act because it preemptively criminalizes all abortions
even where a denial of care will likely result in the death of the patient, U.S. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said during a news conference Tuesday.
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The arguments presented by the DOJ bring up valid points that would be well-suited for debate in a court of law.
Unfortunately, Idahos politicians responded to the lawsuit not with their own cogent legal arguments and reasoning, but with mumbo jumbo about state sovereignty, federal meddling and claims that the lawsuit is politically motivated, in the words of Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who said he wished the DOJ would just sit down and talk about it first.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-response-federal-lawsuit-over-100000972.html