In a scathing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Idaho abortion ruling is 'not a victory for pregnant patients'

In a scathing dissent Thursday of the Supreme Court’s Idaho abortion decision, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that the ruling is “not a victory for pregnant patients” even though it allows emergency abortions for now.

“It is delay,” she wrote, which she read from the bench. “While this Court dawdles and the country waits, pregnant people experiencing emergency medical conditions remain in a precarious position, as their doctors are kept in the dark about what the law requires.”

Brown said the high court had the opportunity “to bring clarity and certainty to this tragic situation, and we have squandered it.”