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....
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 --...
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...
