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People walk to the Idaho Capitol Building for the Boise March for Life rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. A rural hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, will stop delivering babies, citing recently passed state laws criminalizing medical care, among other reasons. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP,File)

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North Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics
March 23, 2023 2 p.m.

North Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons.