Supreme Court's Idaho decision deepens abortion uncertainty

The Supreme Court’s dismissal of Idaho’s challenge to a federal emergency care law is offering temporary relief to physicians and patients in the state, but it failed to close the door on whether federal law allows physicians to perform abortions in medical emergencies.

The justices on Thursday ruled 6-3 to dismiss the case as “improvidently granted,” essentially meaning they shouldn’t have taken it up to begin with. They sent it back to the appeals court and lifted an earlier decision...