What’s happened and what to do about it.

John – A few months ago I wrote to you about a critical abortion case here in Idaho.

 

After our Republican-controlled state legislature made it a crime for emergency room physicians to perform an abortion, even if the patient’s health was in jeopardy, the DOJ invoked the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) mandating emergency care – and sued our state for violating federal law.

 

The DOJ lost that suit, and the women of our state lost their federally-protected right to life-saving emergency healthcare.

 

But we always knew this wasn’t going to stop with Idaho.

 

Every state strangled by Republican rule is in a race to the bottom to criminalize all abortions and endanger women’s lives.

 

Enter Texas, stage right.

 

Texas governor Greg Abbott and attorney general Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over the DOJ’s enforcement of EMTALA, calling it a “mandate” for abortions nationwide.

 

Let me be clear: If a pregnant person’s life is on the line and an abortion is the treatment medically required, then you’d better believe it’s a mandate.

 

The three Fifth Circuit judges – two appointed by Donald Trump and one by George W. Bush – apparently think they know more than medical doctors or the patients in their care. They claimed that the “stabilizing care” mandated under EMTALA does not include access to an abortion, even in life-threatening emergencies.

 

There’s no question this case or the Idaho case will end up in front of the Supreme Court, and after they tossed out Roe we can guess how that decision is going to come down.

 

But John, there is a path forward out of this national nightmare. If we re-elect Joe Biden, hold the Senate majority, and fight for every single House seat we can to flip the House back for Democrats – we can pass a federal law protecting reproductive freedoms.

 

This is one of the reasons I’m running for Congress – and it’s a big one.

 

Your contribution today (together with thousands of other grassroots donors) can give us a competitive edge in a district Republicans aren’t prepared to defend. And in a state like Idaho, your campaign contributions stretch a LOT further. Can I count on you for a contribution of $25, $50, $100 or more today?

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As it stands today, unless a doctor can prove in court that a patient would have died without an abortion, performing the operation is a felony in Idaho – even when a woman’s bodily functions, limbs, or organs will suffer permanent damage without one.

 

But while we work on protecting your rights at the federal level, there’s one more angle we can work: we can vote out Republicans in the statehouse in 2024.

 

Currently, Democrats make up only 18 of the 105 seats in the Idaho legislature, and only 30% of our lawmakers are women. To repeal this abortion ban, we have to help elect a new class of Idahoans who care about equality and women’s rights.

 

If we succeed in driving up turnout to flip ID-02, it will also lift up downballot Democrats and give us a fighting chance to shut down extremism in the State House.

 

I know these are dark and difficult times. I also know that we can turn this around, and I will never stop fighting for Idaho.

 

Your next representative,

 

David Roth
         

David Roth is a single, gay dad running for Idaho’s Second Congressional District. We’re going up against a GOP incumbent who has been in this seat for 25 years. It’s time for change in Idaho, and our grassroots campaign is building on the momentum that began in David’s race for U.S. Senate last cycle. The GOP is not planning to defend this seat, so we plan to take it from them and help Democrats retake the House majority next year. We’d love your support to build a solid campaign to bring progress to Idaho and the country.

 

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