Jonathan Stempel reports:
Idaho, which has a near-total ban on abortion, agreed not to prosecute or take away licenses of doctors who refer patients out of state to obtain the procedure, under a consent decree approved by a federal judge on Thursday.
The decree prevents Idaho’s Republican Attorney General Raul Labrador and county prosecutors from prosecuting healthcare providers who refer, counsel or otherwise provide information to patients seeking abortions in other states.
A local Planned Parenthood affiliate sued Idaho in April 2023 to block enforcement, after Labrador said the referrals could violate state law and require license suspensions for doctors who make them.
Read more at Reuters.
h/t, Joe Cadillic