Idaho is trying to prevent girls and women from traveling out of state for abortions, with a new ban on "abortion trafficking" and prohibitions on referring women across state lines.
On January 5, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho's near-total abortion ban (I.C. § 18-622), Idaho's fetal heartbeat (“6-week”) abortion ban to the extent it is not superseded by.
On January 5, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho’s near Total Abortion Ban (I.C. § 18-622), its 6-Week Abortion Ban (I.C. 18-8804 to -8805), and its related Civil Liability Law.
Analysis of a comprehensive dataset of minor abortion rates fromover 40 states over a span of 15 years indicates that parentalinvolvement legislation and other types of pro-life laws arecorrelated with reductions in the incidence of abortion amongminors. A set of natural experiments provides further evidence ofthe effectiveness of pro-life legislation.