Donald Trump Takes a Major Stand on Abortion Issue

PresidentDonaldTrump’sadministrationmovedWednesdaytodropafederalcasechallengingIdaho’sstrictabortionban,accordingtotheAssociatedPress,markingoneoftheadministration’sfirstmajoractionsonreproductiverightssincethepresidenttookofficeinJanuary. NewsweekfiledanonlinecontactformwiththeDOJforcommentviaemailonWednesday. WhyItMattersTheDepartmentofJustice’sfilingtodismissthecase,whicharguesthatIdahoemergency-roomdoctorstreatingpregnantwomenshouldbeallowedtoprovideabortionsifneededtosavethemother’slifeoravoidseverehealthconsequences,couldhavefar-reachingimplicationsforemergencymedicalcarenationwide. ThemoveisunsurprisinggivencourtfilingsyesterdayaswellasTrump’stenureduringhisfirstpresidentialterm,inwhichheappointedthreeconservativejustices—NeilGorsuch,BrettKavanaugh,andAmyConeyBarrett—whovotedtooverturnthelandmarkRoev.Wadedecisionthathadestablishedaconstitutionalrighttoabortion. WhatToKnowTheBidenadministrati