A.G. Labrador spends our tax money taking away women's emergency health access
Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States that challenges the Federal EMTALA act on providing emergency care to pregnant women in Idaho’s hospitals.
ARTICLES:
Idaho Goes to The Supreme Court to Argue
Idaho Abortion Supreme Court EMTALA
Loss of Federal Protection in Idaho Spurs Pregnant Patients to Plan for Emergency Air Transport
EMTALA: "emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women...
ACLU Files Amicus Brief on Idaho's EMTALA lawsuit
ACTIONS:
*Write your senator and representatives and tell them what you think about women’s health care.
*Question your candidates running for election on May 21st on their positions for women’s health care.
*Write Governor Little here and tell him what you think about the effects these women’s health care bills are having on women and on our communities.
EVENTS: Pro Voice Project
Dr. Jennifer Hill, Associate Teaching Professor at Montana State Univeristy will be speaking at East Bonner County Library on May 10th, on “Birthing the West”. Here for more infomation.
Pro Voice Project in The Guardian: ‘Idaho’s seen as a war zone’: the lone abortion activist defying militias and the far right
Please thank these legislators for their support of women’s health access this past legislative season and wish them well in their re-election efforts:
Idaho Lawmakers Clash on lack of reproductive rights this session
Idaho Democrats condemn legislative failure to address issues related to abortion ban
Senators:
James R. “Rick” Just (D): RJust@senate.idaho.gov
Alison “Ali” Rabe (D): ARabe@senate.idaho.gov
James D. Ruchti (D): JRuchti@senate.idaho.gov
Carrie Semmelroth (D): CSemmelroth@senate.idaho.gov
Ron C. Taylor (D): RTaylor@senate.idaho.gov
Janie Ward-Engelking (D): JWardEngelking@senate.idaho.gov
Melissa Wintrow (D): MWintrow@senate.idaho.gov
Representatives:
Theodore “Todd” Achilles (D): TAchilles@house.idaho.gov
Steve Berch (D): SBerch@house.idaho.gov
Ned Burns (D: NBurns@house.idaho.gov
Sue Chew (D): SChew@house.idaho.gov
Soñia R. Galaviz (D): SGalaviz@house.idaho.gov
John Gannon (D): JGannon@house.idaho.gov
Brooke Green (D): BGreen@house.idaho.gov
Chris Mathias (D): CMathias@house.idaho.gov
Lauren Necochea (D): LNecochea@house.idaho.gov
Nate Roberts (D): NRoberts@house.idaho.gov
Ilana Rubel (D): IRubel@house.idaho.gov
“Democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
―Heather Cox Richardson, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America