The attorney general, the secretary of state and the head of the Division of Financial Management are being sued for the way they wrote the ballot titles on a 2026 ballot initiative seeking to restore abortion rights in Idaho.
Many of the bills filed in state legislatures across the country focus on abortion pills, abortion access for minors, and, in at least one state, how to undo protections for the procedure, The 19th reports.
The Idaho Legislature could end its 50-year partnership with the University of Washington (UW), which has helped Idahoans train as doctors since 1972. A bill now moving through the Idaho House would replace UW with the University of Utah.
A first-of-its-kind criminal case against a New York abortion pill provider is likely to make its way through the legal system to the Supreme Court, presenting a threat to interstate relations akin to the one posed by the Fugitive Slave Act.
Some moms in Idaho and other states with strict abortion bans say the laws made them wary of trying for more kids.
Idaho's House Bill 176 aims to end the WWAMI program, raising concerns about medical training access and a worsening doctor shortage.
The doctors on Friday urged decision-makers to stay in WWAMI, which stands for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Dr. Andrea Christopher, a Boise doctor and medical educator with WWAMI, also highlighted the doctor shortage in Idaho — the Gem State ranks last in the nation in physicians per capita.