While the Supreme Court’s decision temporarily protects the right to emergency abortions in Idaho, abortion rights advocates have been quick to point out that this ruling does not guarantee universal access to the procedure.
The groups have noted that because the justices declined to resolve the underlying issues raised by the case, the question will almost certainly return — potentially as early as fall.
“The court kicked the can down the road,” Nancy Northup, its president and CEO Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement to CNN. “The Supreme Court created this health care crisis by reversing it Roe v. Wade and should have decided the matter.”
Reproductive freedom for all CEO Mini Timmaraju said the court was “striking so they don’t have to weigh in before the election”. She also highlighted the contrast between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on the issue, encouraging abortion rights voters to cast their ballots for the current president.
of American Civil Liberties Union also condemned the decision, with Reproductive Freedom Project deputy director Alexa Kolbi-Molinas calling it “a dangerous preview of what’s to come.”
“This is not the time for applause,” Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of National Women’s Justice Center, said in a phone call with reporters. “This is the minimum that pregnant people and providers in Idaho deserve.”
The court’s ruling blocks Idaho from strictly enforcing its emergency room abortion ban, but the groups have noted that because the justices declined to resolve the fundamental questions raised by the case, the question will almost certainly come back — potentially earlier this fall.
Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forwardaccused the court of treating women’s lives like a hot potato.
“It’s clear that the court is seeking to avoid responsibility in a critical year and is leaving the door wide open” to overturning further rights in the future, she said.
For context: With ballot initiatives going to voters in battleground states this November, these groups will likely use this decision to rally support for reproductive health care. Similar ballot initiatives have been successful in guaranteeing abortion access in traditionally conservative states like Kansas and Ohio.
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