The president of the conservative lobbying group that helped write some of Idaho’s strict abortion laws said in a news release Wednesday afternoon that his organization is “disappointed in” and strongly disagrees with the court, assuming the leaked document reflects the final ruling.

Blaine Conzatti, head of the Idaho Family Policy Center, said the organization warned lawmakers years ago that its exception to prevent the death of the mother “could be construed as conflicting with EMTALA and would almost certainly be challenged in federal court.”

Conzatti said his organization tried to work around that wording in its “heartbeat law,” which would have made it illegal to perform an abortion when a fetal heartbeat — what many physicians say is actually electrical activity — is detected. The Idaho Family Policy Center anticipates more pushback from President Joe Biden and the administration’s allies over abortion access, Conzatti added.

Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky expressed skepticism over the leak in a statement. She said a ruling in favor of abortion access misses the point.

“However the justices decide, we shouldn’t be here in the first place,” Gibron said. “Two years ago, this same court created a reproductive health care crisis across the country.”

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(McClatchy Chief Washington Correspondent Michael Wilner contributed to this report.)

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