The U.S. Supreme Court suffered another embarrassing leak of a major abortion rights ruling on Wednesday, when it briefly posted an order forcing Idaho to allow emergency abortions.
The order was uploaded in error and has not been officially released, meaning it does not yet have the power of law. But if the 6-3 decision that was posted is the one which is officially published, it would be a major blow to an anti-abortion drive by Republican states.
Idaho is among Republican-run states that brought in draconian abortion bans after the handing down in June 2022 of Dobbs v. Jackson, the ruling under which a Republican-appointed majority on the court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed federal abortion rights since 1973.
