Idaho Federal Judge Warns of Conflicts Between Restrictive Abortion Laws and EMTALA
By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/25
In a 60-page decision issued on March 20, 2025, Judge Lynn Winmill, a Federal District Judge for the District of Idaho, granted a preliminary injunction that enjoins Attorney General Raúl Labrador and his officers, employees, and agents from enforcing the Idaho Defense of Life Act (Idaho Code § 18-622), a restrictive abortion ban, against St. Luke’s Health System, Ltd., or any of its providers, “as applied to medical care required by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA),”...
By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP