We Filed an Amicus with the Fifth Circuit
Yesterday, Legal Voice, along with Perkins Coie, filed an amicus brief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. FDA, in support of the FDA’s appeal to the Fifth Circuit, to...
What Legal Voice is doing for Black History Month
For nearly 45 years, Legal Voice has been fighting in the courts and statehouses for our rights in the pursuit of gender equity and liberation. And though our work was always...
UPDATE: In a Win for Abortion Providers, Anti-Choice Harassers to Pay $850,000 in Legal Fees
For over two years, anti-abortion extremists held rallies directly outside of the Spokane Planned Parenthood Health Care Center. Calling themselves “The Church at Planned...
Meet Our New Staff Members!
You may have noticed some new names and faces these last couple of months! Take a moment to get to know our new staff members, and help us welcome them to the team. Wendy Heipt...
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban, Rules Against Bodily Autonomy in Planned Parenthood Case
Yesterday [January 5, 2023], the Idaho Supreme Court, in a 3-2 opinion, ruled against pregnant people by holding that the state’s extreme and oppressive abortion ban will stand....
Idaho Abortion Bans: Important Things You Need to Know
There’s no way to be honest without this being heavy. In less than 24 hours, Idahoans will have fewer rights than they have today. Tomorrow is a dark day for Idaho – it’s one...
Governor Little Should Support Quality, Affordable Healthcare, not Propaganda
On Tuesday, July 12th, Governor Little spoke at an event hosted by Stanton International, a crisis pregnancy center that is expanding as Planned Parenthood is closing in Boise. KVTB asked about the gap in healthcare services, and Stanton’s Chief Operating Officer, Danielle Versluys, promised on...
Legal Voice Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson and the overturn of Roe v. Wade
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and clearing the way for 26 states to ban abortion. What does the Dobbs decision mean for the Pacific Northwest? Idaho is among the 26 states...
In Support of Planned Parenthood of Montana
This past week, we filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood of Montana in a lawsuit challenging four harmful laws that together would: Ban abortion after twenty weeks; Prohibit state health insurance plans sold through the federal exchange from including abortion coverage; and impose...
Lawsuit Settlement Ensures that Pregnant Idahoans Have Right to Enforceable Living Wills
(Boise, Idaho - Feb. 3, 2022) Four Idaho women secured a landmark victory this week, settling a federal lawsuit challenging an Idaho law that voided the living wills – also known as advance directives – of all pregnant people. Idaho is not the only state that has attempted to exclude pregnant...
On the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we need the Women’s Health Protection Act
On this day 49 years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States made their ruling on Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that afforded people the right to safe, legal abortions across the United States. While that is a moment to be celebrated, this right has been under attack since the decision...
January is Poverty Awareness Month
Did you know that January is poverty awareness month? Though we are often touted as one of the most prosperous nations in the world, our country has a major poverty problem. According to the most recent Census reports, the official poverty rate in the United States increased to 11.4%, the first...
What Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Means for the Northwest
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that poses a direct challenge to the landmark ruling in Roe v Wade that states cannot ban abortion prior to viability. And like almost every Supreme Court case concerning abortion...
Advanced Practice Clinicians in Alaska Can Now Provide Medication Abortion
In the midst of what can only be described as a travesty of justice for pregnant people in Texas, Legal Voice, together with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawai'i. Alaska, Indiana, and Kentucky (PPGNHAIK) just secured a major win in Alaska. In a strongly worded opinion, the Superior Court in...
UPDATE: We filed a response at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods
Earlier this year, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of Matt Woods, a Seattle lawyer and longtime Seattle's Union Gospel Mission (the Mission) volunteer who was told by Mission leadership not to apply for an attorney position in the organization’s legal aid program because his sexual...
Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in 9 States
Legal Voice joined the Alliance: State Advocates for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality today in releasing a report, “Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in Nine States.” The report sheds light on the activities and funding sources of crisis pregnancy centers --...
