- A federal judge ruled Idaho cannot criminally prosecute doctors who provide abortions to protect a pregnant person’s health or prevent self-harm, finding the state’s near-total bans violate the 14th Amendment.
- The decision—prompted by Dr. Stacy Seyb’s lawsuit—means doctors can treat serious medical and mental-health pregnancy risks without fear of prosecution; Idaho’s attorney general says he will appeal.
- Idaho voters will decide this fall whether to restore abortion access until fetal viability, and related abortion measures are also on ballots in Virginia, Nevada and Missouri.
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