The State Attorney General responded to a new lawsuit brought against him this week. Fearing the incoming Trump administration might dismiss a similar case currently making its way through the courts.

The hospital system said there could be “severe public health consequences” if the Department of Justice lawsuit is scuttled and an associated injunction goes away with it.

Idaho’s largest health system is suing Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador in federal court, seeking to extend court protections that have allowed for emergency abortions despite the state’s near total-abortion ban. St. Luke’s Health System filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Idaho on Tuesday.

Saint Luke's Health System is taking legal action to resolve a conflict between Idaho's abortion law and federal emergency medical care requireme