Supreme Court hearing Idaho abortion access case

YOU HEARD HER. LET'S BEGIN THIS MORNING AT THE SUPREME COURT WHERE THE JUSTICES ARE HEARING A HIGH PROFILE CASE OVER ABORTION ACCESS. THE FIRST TIME THE JUSTICES REVIEWING ESTATE RESTRICTION ON ABORTION SINCE THEY OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE TWO YEARS AGO. JAN CRAWFORD IS AT THE SUPREME COURT. GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS HERE CHALLENGING IDAHO'S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS WITH PRETTY CREATIVE LEGAL ARGUMENTS. THEY ARE THINK THE IDAHO STATE LAW THAT BANS ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS CONFLICTS WITH THIS EXISTING FEDERAL LAW. REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO REQUIRE EMERGENCY CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. TWO YEARS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT SENT THE ISSUE OF ABORTION BACK TO THE STATES, THE JUSTICES WILL TAKE UP A NEAR-TOTAL BAN IN IDAHO. SOME DOCTORS SAY IS PUTTING PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK. >> IT FEELS EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN SO EXTREME. IN HE'S ONE OF FIVE HIGH RISK PREGNANCY DOCTORS LEFT IN IDAHO. HE SAYS THE LAW IS COMPROMISING CARE BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AFRAID TO PERFORM ABORTIONS EVEN IN CASES WHERE THE STATE LAW SEEMINGLY WOULD ALLOW IT. >> PREGNANCY IS COMPLEX AND THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE. >> Reporter: YOU COULD FACE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> YES. AND JAIL TIME >> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SUED TO BLOCK IDAHO'S LAW WHICH BANS ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS WITH NARROW EXCEPTIONS TO SAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN'S LIFE OROR INCEST. I DON'T SIX WITH THE FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRES HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY STABILIZING TREATMENT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. TREATMENT THAT MAY INCLUDE ABORTIONS. >> THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THIS IS PUTTING WOMEN'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY AND IT'S NOT. >> Reporter: THE AT HOME GENERAL ATTORNEY SAYS THE STATE LAW ALLOWS ABORTION IF THE WOMAN'S LIFE IS AT RISK AND ACCUSES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO FIND A BACKDOOR WAY TO BROADEN ABORTION ACCESS IN STATES LIKE IDAHO. >> THERE WILL BE MORE ABORTIONS HAPPENING IN HOSPITALS BECAUSE THEY WILL CREATE AN EXCEPTION THAT WILL ALLOW ANY TYPE OF ABORTION TO HAPPEN IN IDAHO. >> Reporter: THIS CASE COULD HAVE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS. A RULING THAT BLOCKS IDAHO'S LAW COULD UNDERMINE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS AND DOZENS OF OTHER STATES. I MERELY THOSE CONSERVATIVE STATES. >> I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO ABORTION THERE ARE WELL NICE GROUPS AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE. I'M SURPRISED TO SEE HOW CALM IT IS BEHIND YOU. WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA ? >> Reporter: PROTESTERS ARE NOW JUST STARTING TO GATHER. THESE RALLIES WILL GET UNDERWAY AROUND 10:00 IS WHEN THE ARGUMENTS START. WE WON'T HEAR THEM INSIDE THE COURTROOM NO MATTER HOW LOUD THEY GET. I THINK THEY WILL BE PRETTY LOUD. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ABORTION RIGHTS GROUPS TOWARD THE END OF THE SIDEWALK AND CLOSER TO ME IN THE CENTER OF THE COURT PLAZA ARE ANTIABORTION RIGHT RALLIES THAT ARE PLANNED AND THEY'VE GOT LOUDSPEAKERS. IT WILL BE LOUD. IT WILL BE CONTENTIOUS. AN ISSUE THAT SO DIVISIVE. >> STATES ARE GRAPPLING WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THE OWN INDIVIDUAL WAYS. I WONDER COULD THE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE HAVE AN IMPACT ON OTHER STATES ? >> Reporter: WITHOUT QUESTION. THAT ARE THE MISTAKES THE ANTIABORTION RIGHTS GROUPS ARE POINTING TO. THE SUPREME COURT SAID IT WAS UP TO THE STATES. IF YOU'RE IN ALABAMA OR MISSISSIPPI AND YOU HAVE PASSED THESE PRETTY RESTRICTIVE LAWS OR NEAR-TOTAL BANS ON ABORTION, THEY ARE SAYING THIS CASE COULD UNDERMINE THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE IF THE SUPREME COURT AGREES WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHICH WE WILL SEE HOW THE ARGUMENTS GO, I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY THEY WILL DO THAT BUT IF THE COURT WERE TO AGREE WITH THE BIDEN

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Keywords: supreme court, roe v. wade, abortion, abortion access, reproductive health, idaho, scotus

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Length: 4min 17sec (257 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 24 2024