WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court's website. The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly and will reinstate a lower court order that had allowed hospitals in the state to perform emergency abortions to protect a pregnant patient’s health, Bloomberg said. It does not appear likely to fully resolve the issues at the heart of the case.
The Supreme Court acknowledged that a document was inadvertently posted Wednesday. That document was quickly removed. “The Court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the Court’s website.
The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be issued in due course,” court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in a statement.
The case would continue at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals if the Supreme Court dismisses the proceedings.
The finding may not be the court's final ruling because the justices' decision has not been officially released. The Biden administration sued Idaho, arguing that hospitals must provide abortions to stabilize pregnant patients in rare emergency cases when their health is at serious risk. Most Republican-controlled states began enforcing restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned.
