Idaho governor signs executive order opposing Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ athletes
The Title IX final rule from the Biden administration includes protections for LGBTQ+ students in schools
By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun - August 28, 2024The Title IX final rule from the Biden administration includes protections for LGBTQ+ students in schools
By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun - August 28, 2024They cite opposition to ‘welfare’ and administrative costs in declining to participate in Summer EBT.
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline - June 27, 2024In Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many people know they are pregnant.
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - June 24, 2024And a future case centered on the Comstock Act is building, too
By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury - May 24, 2024Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - April 19, 2024Opponents of House Bill 668 said bill is discriminatory, could lead to more lawsuits
By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun - March 14, 2024In early October, an Idaho woman 20 weeks into her pregnancy went to the emergency room after her water broke about five months early. When the water breaks prematurely, an infection can develop and infect the fetus, placenta and other fluids. At that stage of pregnancy, the threat of infection becomes a ticking clock for […]
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - November 07, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - September 08, 2023Nineteen state attorneys general joined Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Idaho ban.
By Rebekah Sager - August 16, 2023Dr. Warren Hern, who has performed thousands of abortions in nearly 50 years of practice, says, 'This is the worst situation I've seen in this country in my life.'
By Rebekah Sager - June 01, 2023The first of its kind in the U.S., Idaho’s new law bans people from helping minors obtain abortions without parental consent.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2023Indiana’s law mandates trans youth stop receiving medication before 2024. Idaho’s law makes providing gender-affirming health care a felony.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2023The bill would make it a felony to transport a minor to obtain an abortion or even to a post office to pick up abortion medication.
By Rebekah Sager - April 03, 2023An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - August 31, 202213 states so far have enacted “trigger” laws that outlaw most or any abortions, while North Dakota and several other states continue to try enacting similar policies.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2022With lives at risk following the enactment of dangerous abortion bans in several states, the federal government is taking action.
By Lisa Needham - August 09, 2022New York, California and Minnesota are among the states taking steps to protect abortion providers and patients.
By Lisa Needham - July 28, 2022‘Dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and rhetoric fuels physical harm against our community,’ one LGBTQ rights advocate said.
By Casey Quinlan - June 14, 2022Lawmakers and clinics in a number of states are stepping up to increase the number of patients abortion providers are able to see.
By Lisa Needham - March 29, 2022After ending pandemic-related unemployment benefits, some Republican officials now want assistance for workers who were fired for refusing to get vaccinated.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - October 25, 2021‘The situation is dire – we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.’
By Associated Press - September 16, 2021Ammon Bundy has been involved in multiple standoffs with the federal government, some of them armed.
By Oliver Willis - June 21, 2021‘This is an assault on the craft of teaching,’ said a teacher in Tennessee. ‘It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.’
By Associated Press - June 14, 2021Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin and other ultra-conservative lawmakers have a stated desire to end all federal money coming to Idaho.
By Associated Press - June 09, 2021Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin has affiliated herself with the Three Percenters militia during her time in office.
By Oliver Willis - May 20, 2021Idaho state Rep. Priscilla Giddings promoted a right-wing website that published the name and photo of an alleged rape victim.
By Oliver Willis - May 04, 2021Idaho will have to let pregnant people direct their own end-of-life care after all.
By Lisa Needham - April 14, 2021Idaho’s attorney general, Lawrence Wasden, declined to join 17 other GOP attorneys general seeking to invalidate Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
By Associated Press - March 10, 2021In Idaho, state Rep. Heather Scott opened the 2021 legislative session by declaring, ‘The pandemic is over.’
By Associated Press - March 01, 2021The rule would allow staff to use factors such as facial hair and height in deciding whether to admit people into homeless shelters.
By Casey Quinlan - July 20, 2020