{"id":2654610,"date":"2026-09-04T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:52:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Circuit Shoots Down Judge&#8217;s Bid To &#8216;Defy&#8217; Dobbs Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-trump-immigration-plan-requires-250k-bond-to-make-sure-questionable-immigrants-wont-be-burden-on-taxpayers\/\" title=\"New Trump Immigration Plan Requires 0k Bond to Make Sure Questionable Immigrants Won&#039;t Be Burden on Taxpayers\">recent legal growth involves<\/a> a federal appellate court temporarily halting a ruling by Idaho\u2019s Senior District Judge B. Lynn Winmill, who had attempted to expand abortion rights by interpreting the 14th Amendment as establishing a narrow right to abortion when a pregnancy threatens a woman\u2019s health or life. The 9th Circuit court of Appeals issued a stay on this decision,allowing Idaho to enforce its pro-life law while the case is further reviewed. Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador, supported by the Alliance Defending Freedom, argued that the lower court\u2019s ruling conflicts with the Supreme Court\u2019s dobbs decision, which grants states the authority to regulate abortion. The court scheduled oral arguments for late September and indicated that Idaho may enforce its law again during the review process.This legal action occurs ahead of a proposed ballot measure in Idaho, Proposition 1, which seeks to enshrine a broad right to reproductive freedom and reverse current pro-life statutes. 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Lynn Winmill. The Clinton appointee seemingly infringed on Idaho\u2019s pro-life law by <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2026\/08\/13\/idaho-judge-ruling-allows-abortion-if-it-protects-mothers-health-prevents-self-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">holding<\/a> that the 14th Amendment\u2019s due process and equal protection clauses \u201cestablish a narrow but fundamental right to abortion when a pregnancy threatens the woman\u2019s life or health.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2004473038\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winmill later <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2026\/09\/03\/federal-judges-order-allowing-an-idaho-doctor-to-perform-certain-abortions-is-put-on-hold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">narrowed<\/a> his decision to only apply to the doctor who filed the suit challenging the state\u2019s pro-life statute after Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador filed an appeal in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/prolifemaps#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Idaho law<\/a> allows exceptions for abortion in rare circumstances such as rape, incest, and danger to a mother\u2019s life. According to the Family Research Council, however, Winmill\u2019s ruling seemingly expands that last exception by adding a woman\u2019s \u201cmental health (not just her life, as the law stipulates).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backed by Alliance Defending Freedom, Labrador filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labradoremergencymotiontostay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency application for stay<\/a> last week asking the 9th Circuit to temporarily pause Winmill\u2019s decision. The Republican attorney general argued that the Clinton appointee\u2019s injunctions \u201cdefy\u201d the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision and \u201cprevent Idaho from enforcing its democratically enacted laws to protect unborn babies and their mothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Dobbs<\/em> allows states to \u2018regulat[e] or prohibit[ ]\u2019 abortion and overruled the <em>Roe<\/em>\/<em>Casey<\/em> framework that erected an absolute bar to restricting \u2018therapeutic\u2019 abortions,\u201d the filing reads. \u201cJust like in <em>Roe<\/em> and <em>Casey<\/em>, the district court arrogated the people\u2019s power to itself. This Court should heed <em>Dobbs<\/em> and stay the district court\u2019s injunctions to allow the democratic process to play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gem State asked the appellate court to rule on its motion by Sept. 4 \u201cso it can seek further review if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its two-page order, the 9th Circuit said that Winmill\u2019s decision is momentarily stayed \u201cpending briefing and oral argument on Appellants\u2019 Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal.\u201d The temporary pause \u201cdoes not reflect the Court\u2019s views on the Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal,\u201d the court added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appellate court further instructed the appellee to file his response by Sept. 8, while also giving the law\u2019s defenders until Sept. 15 to file a reply brief if they so choose. The court will hold oral arguments via video conference \u201cas to the propriety of a stay pending appeal\u201d on Sept. 22, with each side receiving 30 minutes to make their case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIdaho can enforce the law again while this case is heard, which means unborn children and their mothers in our state are protected under Idaho law and doctors can continue making the good-faith judgments the law has always allowed,\u201d Labrador said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/seyb-v-labrador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThe Supreme Court settled in <em>Dobbs<\/em> that this decision belongs to the people of Idaho and their elected representatives. We will continue to defend it as far as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s ruling comes weeks before Idaho voters will be asked to weigh a pro-abortion ballot initiative (Proposition 1) on the state\u2019s 2026 fall ballot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Idaho_Proposition_1,_Reproductive_Freedom_and_Privacy_Act_Initiative_(2026)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> by Ballotpedia, a \u201cyes\u201d vote supports enshrining a \u201cright\u201d to so-called \u201creproductive freedom and privacy\u201d into state statute and effectively overturning Idaho\u2019s pro-life law. The measure states that the government can\u2019t\u00a0\u201cinterfere with \u2026 personal decisions\u201d involving \u201cchildbirth care; contraception; fertility treatment; miscarriage care; and prenatal, pregnancy, and postpartum care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group behind the initiative has raised nearly $2.8 million in support, while the chief opposition campaign has raised $1.6 million, according to an Aug. 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/politics-government\/2026-08-24\/idaho-abortion-rights-fundraising-proposition-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local media report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. 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