Editorial: Idaho Republican legislators wouldn't fix abortion law. It's up to the Supreme Court
Published in Political News
But Idaho’s arrogant — and often ignorant — Republican legislators just aren’t listening.
“I don’t know that the doctors are leaving because of that,” House Speaker Mike Moyle said. “It might be a convenient excuse.”
Doctors and patients aren’t making this stuff up, and they’re not just looking for “a convenient excuse.”
“This is not theoretical,” Dr. Becky Uranga told the Statesman. “This is actually happening.”
Uranga said two Idaho patients had the same condition of ruptured membranes as described by Sotomayor. One patient sought an abortion in Oregon and delivered her baby while en route to Portland. The other patient did not want to leave the state for an abortion.
This is a real problem, with real consequences.
But Idaho’s Republican legislators have been way too cavalier and high-handed about this problem, burying their heads in the sand and refusing to fix it.
Based on what we heard at the Supreme Court, maybe enough justices will know they need to fix it for them — and for all of us.
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