The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to Idaho’s near-total ban on abortions, which the Biden administration said conflicted with a federal statute that allowed for some exceptions.
In scheduling arguments for April, the court also temporarily revived the law, which had been partly blocked by a federal trial judge.
The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications.
The law, enacted in 2020, contained a trigger provision that kicked in 30 days after any U.S. Supreme Court decision “that restores to the states their authority to prohibit abortion.” The decision in the Dobbs case did that, and the law was set to take effect in August 2022.
Source: www.nytimes.com
