A Boise State University public policy survey found that the majority of Idaho residents prefer abortion policies that are more lax than the state’s current restrictions.

The state's largest health system says physicians are caught between state laws that can limit care, and federal requirements to provide emergency medical treatment.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.

The Supreme Court ruled anti-abortion activists who brought the original suit had no legal standing to challenge the law.

Idaho’s largest health system is suing Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador in federal court, seeking to extend court protections that have allowed for emergency abortions despite the state’s near total-abortion ban. St. Luke’s Health System filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Idaho on Tuesday.

The hospital system said there could be “severe public health consequences” if the Department of Justice lawsuit is scuttled and an associated injunction goes away with it.

St. Luke’s Health System is suing Idaho’s Attorney General, arguing the state’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with federal law and puts doctors in an impossible position when treating pregnant patients in emergencies.

Idaho’s abortion ban laws appear set to remain unchanged by state lawmakers this year, as legislators await the result of lawsuits challenging the bans. That’s despite Idaho doctors requesting an exception for mothers’ health — not just their lives ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections for abortions, some states, including Idaho, have also enacted laws criminalizing those who help individuals travel out of state to receive abortions that are legal in the destination state.

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The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” protecting abortion in the first two trimesters and in the third trimester with some restrictions.