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Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 2:28 PM

Federal appeals court lifts Idaho ruling permitting abortions for women’s health

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A federal appeals court paused a judge’s earlier ruling that ordered Idaho to allow exceptions to its abortion ban in cases where a doctor deemed it necessary to protect the mother’s health.  In a 2-1 decision issued on Friday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a doctor who sued over the state’s…

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