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Trump administration set to dismiss federal lawsuit on Idaho emergency abortion access
BOISE, Idaho — The Trump administration has indicated plans to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging emergency abortion care in Idaho, potentially as soon as Wednesday. This lawsuit, initially filed by the Biden administration, targets Idaho’s restrictive abortion laws for allegedly violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
“The only thing that will save women in Idaho in those dire, dire health scenarios is the Supreme Court’s injunction upholding the EMTALA exception,” said Representative Ilana Rubel, D-Idaho.
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EMTALA, enacted in the 1980s, mandates that hospitals provide care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay or insurance status and requires transferring patients if the hospital cannot offer adequate care.
Requests for interviews or comments from the Idaho GOP and Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office were not returned. Rubel shared her expectations, stating, “I fully expected them to, just given where they are on women’s reproductive rights, and given how tight they are with our Attorney General, et cetera, I knew it was extremely unlikely that the Trump administration was going to pursue a lawsuit against Raul Labrador and against the state of Idaho to protect women’s reproductive rights.”
St. Luke’s Health System, Idaho’s largest healthcare provider, has also filed litigation against Raul Labrador. They pointed to concerns that “a new administration might move to vacate the [existing] injunction and dismiss the action.”
The announcement came with documentation from United States Attorney Daniel Schwei, who contacted the Idaho Legislature and legal counsel on Monday, March 3rd.
Both the State and St. Luke’s Health System will appear in court on Wednesday, as Idaho News 6 continues to monitor the developments.
Eagle, Idaho – Quinn Guterman never expected to leave a reality dating show with a boyfriend.
“Definitely didn’t think I’d be coming home with a boyfriend,” she said in an interview with CBS2.
But that’s exactly what happened after Guterman met Tennessee farmer Brett Maverick on FOX’s “Farmer Wants a Wife”.
Months after filming wrapped, the couple says their relationship is still going strong.
“He’s here a lot more than he’s not because I’m working full-time,” Guterman said.
Brett says the relationships formed on the show were genuine.
“The conversations are all real. None of that is staged or scripted,” Maverick said. “Anything that you did see from our side of it, they were real conversations. You just didn’t see the whole conversation.”
The pair said one of the biggest reasons their relationship developed was the amount of uninterrupted time they spent together while filming. Without phones or the distractions of everyday life, contestants filled their days with puzzles, card games, and exploring the property.
“It was a really good time to just be around each other and get to know each other better,” Guterman said. “Honestly, that’s how I feel the connections formed the most.”
Now, they’re focused on making time for one another despite busy schedules.
“We’re trying to see each other as much as we can when we can,” Maverick said.
Looking back, Guterman says the experience changed her perspective on reality television.
“My biggest surprise is that I could find love on a TV show,” she said. “That doesn’t ever seem realistic.”
Beyond their relationship, both say they also left with lasting friendships among the cast.
“We have a really tight-knit group of people,” Guterman said.
“I don’t know if that’s fairly normal for TV shows,” Maverick added. “But for us, we’re all super tight. We all enjoy being around each other. We got friends for life out of it.”
For Guterman and Maverick, what started as a television experiment has become a real-life relationship they’re continuing to build.
MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.
Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.
In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.
“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”
In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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