Press Releases

ACLU Brief in Emergency Abortion Case Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Fetal Rights Argument

The ACLU filed an amicus brief in defense of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

ACLU Brief in Emergency Abortion Care Case Disputes Idaho Politicians' Flawed Legal Arguments

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Idaho, and the law firm Cooley LLP filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States. The case was brought to the nation’s highest court by Idaho politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Idaho Attorney General Prohibits Out-of-State Referrals for Abortion; Health Care Providers Sue

Planned Parenthood and Idaho physicians have filed a lawsuit to stop Attorney General Labrador’s ban on out-of-state referrals.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Governor Little Signs Bounty-Hunting Abortion Ban

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.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

TEXAS STYLE ABORTION BAN AWAITS A VOTE ON IDAHO’S SENATE FLOOR

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.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Statement Condemning Silencing of Dissenting Opinions on Hearing for Senate Bill 1183

BOISE — The undersigned nonprofit organizations strongly condemn the actions of Idaho Senate State Affairs Chair Patti Ann Lodge this morning (3/17) during the public hearing for Senate Bill 1183, a bill that would enact an extreme six-week ban on abortion with a mandatory transvaginal ultrasound.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom