Idaho In the News

Idaho House Rejects Amendment Banning Emergency Contraception From Health Exchange Plans
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Idaho House on Wednesday voted 38-32 to reject an amendment that would have prohibited health plans offered in a state-based health insurance exchange from covering emergency contraception, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

N.H. House Rejects Bill Requiring Waiting Period, Signed Consent Before Abortions
Friday, March 15, 2013
The New Hampshire House on Wednesday rejected a bill (HB 483) that would have required women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion, the AP/Boston Globe reports.

Bills To Ban Abortion Gain Prominence Among State Conservatives
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
In a shift from past decades, abortion-rights opponents have increasingly focused on state legislation banning abortion after certain points in pregnancy, ABC News reports.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho 20-Week Abortion Ban, Other Statutes
Thursday, March 7, 2013
A federal judge this week ruled that a 2011 Idaho law prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional on the grounds that it violates the principles of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, Reuters reports.

States in 2012 Passed Second-Highest Number of Abortion Restrictions Ever, Guttmacher Finds
Friday, January 4, 2013
States passed 43 abortion restrictions in 2012, a "sharp decrease" from 2011 but nonetheless the "second-highest number" enacted in a single year, according to a new study by the Guttmacher Institute, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports.