A federal appellate court shot down on Thursday a rogue judge’s bid to “defy” the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision permitting lawmakers to regulate abortion policy.
In a newly released order, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused an August ruling by Idaho-based Senior District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. The Clinton appointee seemingly infringed on Idaho’s pro-life law by holding that the 14th Amendment’s due process and equal protection clauses “establish a narrow but fundamental right to abortion when a pregnancy threatens the woman’s life or health.”
