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Idaho’s Attorney General Raúl Labrador is fighting to keep the state’s near-total abortion ban in place, challenging a federal court ruling that allows abortions when a mother’s health or life is at risk. He argues the judge overstepped by creating his own abortion standard, claiming states—not federal courts—should decide abortion laws under Dobbs v. Jackson. The dispute centers on Dr. Stacy Seyb, who contends Idaho’s law ignores critical medical and mental health exceptions, while Labrador insists the law already covers emergencies and seeks to limit the ruling’s scope to just her case. Critics call his stance appalling and vow to continue litigation to protect reproductive safety. Meanwhile, Idaho voters will decide in November whether to repeal the ban via ballot initiative, potentially enshrining reproductive rights into state law.

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