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The Supreme Court Plays Hot Potato with Idaho’s Abortion Restrictions, and NASA Plays It Safe with Starliner

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Scientific American

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Supreme Court dismissed a case about Idaho’s abortion ban, preserving a lower court ruling that allows for emergency access to abortion in the state. NASA pushed back a return flight for two Starliner astronauts so that Boeing and the agency can better understand the helium leaks and thruster failures that plagued the spacecraft’s launch.  Infectious disease experts are still tracking the transmission of bird flu in the U.S., while Finland is set to offer preemptive vaccines to farmworkers. Higher temperatures are contributing to a spike in dengue fever. A new strain of mpox is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’re taking the holiday week off, so there won’t be an episode on Wednesday or Friday. Enjoy your Fourth of July, stay safe around fireworks and listen to our back catalog of episodes when you need a break from backyard barbecues.  Recommended reading: Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho—For Now Mosquitoes Carry Nasty Diseases. Here’s How to Protect Yourself E-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.1

How is it already July?

0:40.1

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0:42.0

but I can fill you in on some of the science news you might have missed while that time flew right by.

0:48.1

For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman,

0:51.0

and you're listening to our weekly science news roundup.

0:55.2

First off, we've got some mixed news on abortion access from the Supreme Court.

1:00.4

Here's a little bit of background if you haven't been paying attention.

1:02.6

In 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sued Idaho, arguing that the state's

1:08.2

near total ban on abortions violated a federal law on emergency care.

1:12.5

Basically, that law said that any Medicare-funded hospital is required to provide stabilizing care in an emergency,

1:19.7

which is, yeah, that is what hospitals are supposed to do. I don't know why we have to keep saying this.

1:25.7

Anyway, the Biden administration has said that that should include necessary abortions,

1:29.9

because abortions are health care.

1:32.1

But Idaho's law states that anyone who performs an abortion can face up to five years in prison.

1:38.1

In fact, even helping someone else do the procedure could cause a medical professional to lose their license.

1:44.4

Idaho's law does have some exceptions for rape, incest, and life-threatening emergencies,

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