Jan 6, 2023 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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. This decision reinforces our country’s legacy of oppression, patriarchy, and white...
Nov 2, 2021 | Race Equity, Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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...
Sep 23, 2021 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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...
Jun 10, 2021 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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...
Apr 6, 2021 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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...
Mar 17, 2021 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
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...