Senator Coons statement on Moyle v. United States decision

WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in Moyle v. United States, returning the case to the lower court and reinstating an order blocking an Idaho law that banned abortions in all cases except when the mother's life is at risk:

"The Court's action today restores - at least temporarily - the ability of doctors in Idaho to provide stabilizing treatment to all patients who arrive at an emergency room, even when that treatment includes emergency abortion care. I welcome that development, but make no mistake: This is not a lasting victory for reproductive freedoms or for our constitutional system, where federal law should trump conflicting state law. All the Court has done here is left the question for another day.

"The Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade two years ago has made our country less safe for women. I remain committed to fighting new attempts to roll back reproductive rights so that nothing - and no one - stands between a woman and her doctor."

Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.