abortion

Without previous injunction, ER doctors are now subject to the full extent of Idaho’s abortion ban

Idaho's acting state Solicitor General says a lower court ruling supports Idaho's interpretation of federal law.

State cannot create law ‘muzzling the speech and expressive activities,’ judge says

Plaintiffs argue the law restricts freedom of speech, the right to travel and the right to freely associate, including the language in the law that prohibits obtaining an abortion by “recruiting, harboring, or transporting” a minor.

The DOJ says portions of an Idaho law criminalizing abortion conflicts with federal law. Gov. Brad Little appears confident the state will prevail in a post-Roe legal environment.

About half of OB-GYN residencies are in states where abortion is, or will soon be illegal in most cases. That could mean many future doctors may not have the training to end a non-viable, life-threatening pregnancy.

Abortion providers in Washington say an influx of patients from states that already have – or will soon – ban most abortions has started.

In anticipation clinics have been working to expand telehealth to provide more medication abortions, have been working to make accurate information about abortion more accessible, and increase the number of medical providers who can perform the procedure through a new change in state law.

Idaho’s legislature and attorney general have asked the state Supreme Court to allow a recently approved anti-abortion law to go into effect. The law was stayed by the Idaho Supreme Court after Planned Parenthood sued.

The petition argues that the top Republicans in the state House and Senate don’t believe SB 1309 will receive a strong enough defense from Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Governor Brad Little.