NewsWPLG Local 10 – Main FeedAugust 14, 2026Miami-Dade
Federal judge blocks Idaho from prosecuting doctors for health-protecting abortions
U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that Idaho cannot prosecute physicians who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person's health or prevent self-harm. The decision finds that the state's near-total abortion ban violates the 14th Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses by forcing women to suffer serious harm for the sake of a fetus.
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The ruling allows Idaho physicians to provide abortion care for serious medical conditions without fear of criminal prosecution, though the state attorney general has announced plans to appeal the decision.
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