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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
The Courts Agree: PP deserves to treat patients without harassment from anti-abortion extremists
In June of 2020, Legal Voice and the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, filed a complaint on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho against “The Church at Planned Parenthood” (TCAPP)—a group of armed, anti-abortion extremists who were harassing patients outside of the...
Collective Governance Towards Liberation
This past year has been one of deep reflection – as an organization dedicated to gender equity, as communities continuing to lead for racial and restorative justice, and as individuals in our personal growth toward racial allyship. At Legal Voice, we have been reflecting on how we do our work with...
Challenging Idaho’s “Physician’s Only” Law
In December 2018, Legal Voice, along with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, filed suit against Idaho challenging the law that prohibits qualified advanced practiced clinicians (APC’s) from providing abortion care. The state is once again asking the Court to...
Washington’s Legislative Session has Officially Ended
Well, that’s a wrap. We made it through the unprecedented, all virtual 2021 legislative session in Washington. And what a session it was. We are so excited to share this final update with you! Signed by the Governor: SB 5068, Extending Postpartum Care We are so thrilled that Governor Inslee has...
Federal Court Rules Idaho’s “Pregnancy Exclusion” For Living Wills Is Unconstitutional
In a victory for pregnant people’s civil rights, a federal court in Boise held that Idaho law cannot require people capable of pregnancy to include language that voids their living wills — also known as advance directives — if they are pregnant. This ruling is a welcome confirmation of pregnant...
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 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....
Court Says: Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Cannot Claim Ministerial Exemptions for All Employees
QLaw Foundation’s Executive Director Denise Diskin, and co-counsel Legal Voice and Seattle Employment Law Partners, PLLC win case on behalf of lawyer denied job by religious group Media Contacts: Denise Diskin, QLaw Foundation of Washington, 206-452-9369 Jennifer Martinez, Legal Voice,...
Action Alert: Show Support for PPPA and Postpartum Medicaid Expansion
On Wednesday, January 20th, the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee will be hearing public testimony on two bills that Legal Voice is championing in the Legislature: · Protect Pregnant Patient's Act, SB5140: Requires medical providers to provide appropriate medical treatment when a...
A message on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2021. A year that is already giving 2020 a run for its money. We’ve been saying that things can’t and likely won’t go back to “normal” and how we treat today should be no different. Today, instead of sharing a romanticized and likely out-of-context quote from...
Defer the Idaho Legislative Session or Ensure Equitable and Safe Access
On Monday, we partnered with the ACLU of Idaho, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawai'i, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Add the Words, the Idaho Sierra Club, and UnRestricted Idaho, and sent a letter to the Idaho Legislature strongly pushing them to defer the...
