BOISE, Idaho — Yesterday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law SB 1309, a Texas-style copycat that deputizes private citizens to bring lawsuits against health care providers who perform an abortion after six weeks in pregnancy.
Today the House State Affairs Committee sent House Bill 675, a bill that would criminalize medical professionals who provide treatment and care for transgender youth, to the Idaho House of Representatives with a “do pass” recommendation.
Members of our state’s Reproductive Justice Coalition, Freeing Idaho, expressed dismay at the passage of SB1309 out of Idaho’s Senate State Affairs Committee. Their highlighted concerns are for the safety of community members and medical providers.
BOISE – On Monday, May, 3, 2021 the Ninth Circuit federal court of appeals will hear arguments in Hecox v.
MINNEAPOLIS — A jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd.The following statement can be attributed to Jason Williamson, deputy director of the ACLU’s Criminal Law Reform Project: