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HealthAug 14, 2026

A federal judge blocks Idaho from prosecuting doctors for health-protecting abortions

A federal judge says Idaho can't prosecute doctors who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person's health or prevent self-harm

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HealthJun 27, 2025

Idaho doctor, patients sue over new law halting public benefits to immigrants in US unlawfully

A new Idaho law restricting public benefits for undocumented immigrants is facing a legal challenge

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HealthApr 12, 2025

Strict Idaho abortion ban loosened by judge's ruling on medical exemptions

A judge has ruled than an abortion in Idaho is not prohibited if pregnancy complications could cause a woman's death

HealthDec 10, 2024

Idaho's strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

A federal appeals court is expected to hear arguments over whether Idaho should be prohibited from enforcing a strict abortion ban during medical emergencies when a pregnant patient’s life or health is at risk

HealthDec 3, 2024

Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law mostly can be enforced as lawsuit proceeds, court rules

A federal appeals court has ruled that most of Idaho’s law that makes it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent can take effect while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality continues

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HealthNov 13, 2024

Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'

Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger

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HealthOct 15, 2024

Idaho will begin using deep veins as backup for lethal injection executions, officials say

Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm for executions by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail

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HealthMay 4, 2024

After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground'

A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion

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HealthMay 4, 2024

After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground'

A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion

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