Extreme white wing of the Republican Party putting Idaho hospital in the crosshairs

A blastocyst is no more an unborn child than it is an unborn grandparent. Foetal development is undefined in US Constitutional law so if someone calls it a baby that's an opinion and not a legal definition. 

With some 22% of OB/GYNs leaving Idaho and the Trump-packed Supreme Court of the United States hearing arguments that the state's repeal of reproductive rights violates the US Constitution St. Luke's Health System is reporting a massive spike in airlifting patients to other states for medical procedures prohibited in the Gem State. Federal law states that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires hospitals receiving Medicare funds to stabilize patients in an emergency and if it can't it must provide transport to facilities that can. 

After bankrupting Ammon Bundy and sending him into hiding Idaho's St. Luke's is bolstering security protocols amid threats from the state's Republican Attorney General and others in his party. Idaho is the third most lucrative state to practice medicine just behind Montana and South Dakota as doctors flee persecution from militants like Dorothy Moon, the Bircher who's Chair of the Republican Party there. 

Raúl Labrador is an Earth hater and Mormon who was born in Puerto Rico, elected to Congress in 2010 with support of the John Birch Society, was Chair of the IDGOP before becoming attorney general and says he believes a fertilized egg is an unborn child.

In July 2023, Idaho's abortion ban was amended to exclude ectopic and molar pregnancies, which if not terminated can only result in the death of both the mother and the fetus. But some doctors have said the text still conflicts with their duty of care and does not take into account the broad scope of severe medical complications women can face during pregnancy, including loss of fertility. [Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply]

Sidearms for the pre-born! 

Learn more at NPR.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to update you all on something important. I recently offered $10,000 to anyone who could prove I ever lied. Despite facing a massive $53 million lawsuit from St Luke's Hospital, no one has been able to show where I lied. It's frustrating because this… pic.twitter.com/v4WKyWVOKO

— Ammon Bundy (@RealABundy) April 25, 2024