Lawsuit filed by pro-choice protesters seeks to clarify medical exceptions in states’s near-total abortion banWomen denied medically necessary abortions in Idaho are expected to testify this week in a trial over the state’s near-total abortion ban.The trial, which starts on Tuesday and is expected to last through at least Thursday, is part of a lawsuit filed by abortion rights supporters who want to clarify the medical exceptions in Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Currently, abortions are only permitted in Idaho to preserve a patient’s health. The vagueness of the exception means women have been forced to go out of state for the procedure, or wait until they get sick enough that doctors can legally intervene. Continue reading...