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The Justice Department announced Tuesday it is suing the state of Idaho to prevent its trigger law banning most abortions in the state from going into effect later this month.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Idaho's law violates the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Under EMTALA, "every hospital that receives Medicare funds must provide necessary stabilizing treatment to a patient who arrives at an emergency room suffering from a medical condition that could place their life or health in serious jeopardy," Garland said. "In some circumstances, the medical treatment necessary to stabilize the patient's condition is abortion."

Under Idaho's law, which was passed in 2020, performing an abortion would be a felony, with exceptions for rape, incest and saving the life of the pregnant individual.

This post was produced and edited by Rachel Liesendahl, Yasmeen Alamiri and Dan Cooney.

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