Why Idaho's position in the Supreme Court emergency abortions case is concerning

The right not to be turned away at a hospital’s emergency room remains protected, for now.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not decide this week whether states can stop hospitals from caring for patients with medical emergencies that require performing an abortion. Instead, the court held it should not have taken the case, so lower federal courts will continue with it. 

In the meantime, doctors can continue to provide pregnant patients with emergency care without fear. But this is a temporary reprieve...