Melissa Murray
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In particular, it would establish a right to abortion until fetal viability and afterward in medical emergencies.
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But notably,
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The proposition will not amend Idaho's constitution, which means that the state's Republican legislature could overturn it.
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According to the New York Times, in the four years since Idaho criminalized doctors who provide abortion care, the number of obstetricians and gynecologists practicing in the state has plummeted.
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According to a recent study, Idaho had two hundred and sixty-eight physicians practicing obstetrics when the ban took effect.
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In the first two years the ban was in place, that number dropped to ninety-four, a thirty-five percent decline, even after accounting for doctors who then arrived in the state.
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So even with the advent of new physicians, it's a thirty-five percent decline.
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Currently, about half of Idaho's forty-four counties lack a practicing OBGYN.
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What a great place for the
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And that means that there are still questions as to what would constitute a life threatening emergency for which an abortion must be provided.
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Last year, a state court ruled that doctors should interpret the law's exceptions broadly and that patients could receive abortions if they had health conditions or complications that meant that staying pregnant would threaten their lives.
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However, the court also said that patients could not receive abortions if they discovered fatal fetal anomalies in their pregnancies or if they had a mental health condition that made pregnancy dangerous.
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All to say that this is all very unsettled and this ballot measure would do a lot to settle things.
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In other news, a district judge invalidated DHS's final rule on the duration of status for certain visa holders.
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This ruling blocks the administration's attempt to impose the final rule, which would put a four year limit on certain student visas.
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That durational limit would have been a huge blow to our ability to supply world-class higher education.
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The judge wrote that the government's rationale for the new rule was, quote, exceptionally weak.
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Kel surprise.
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It also noted that the government's contention that the rule furthered national security interests, quote, borders on the absurd.
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Again, shocking.
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