Idaho Doctors can Refer Patients for Out-Of-State Abortions, Judge Rules
On Monday, a US federal judge blocked the Idaho Attorney General's Office from prosecuting doctors for referring patients to receive out of state abortions, claiming that doing so would violate medical providers’ right to free speech. In a letter to a conservative state lawmaker in March, Labrador [had] argued that referring a patient to abortion services across state lines would constitute assisting in an abortion, thus requiring the suspension of the health professional's license.
US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill found that Republican AG Raúl Labrador went too far in his interpretation of Idaho's criminal abortion law and banned him from enforcing it until a legal challenge to the law is settled in court.
Republicans seem to oppose freedom of speech when they don't like what is being said.
On Monday, a US federal judge blocked the Idaho Attorney General's Office from prosecuting doctors for referring patients to receive out of state abortions, claiming that doing so would violate medical providers’ right to free speech. In a letter to a conservative state lawmaker in March, Labrador [had] argued that referring a patient to abortion services across state lines would constitute assisting in an abortion, thus requiring the suspension of the health professional's license.
US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill found that Republican AG Raúl Labrador went too far in his interpretation of Idaho's criminal abortion law and banned him from enforcing it until a legal challenge to the law is settled in court.
Republicans seem to oppose freedom of speech when they don't like what is being said.