The state of Idaho had trigger laws in place surrounding abortion in the event of Roe v. Wade being overturned. Thanks to the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision, which moved abortion access and restrictions out of the federal purview and back to state lawmakers, Idaho was able to enforce its abortion ban and also more deeply refine its abortion laws.
In 2023, the state narrowed the exceptions to the trigger ban, limiting the rape and incest exceptions to the first trimester and attempting to redefine abortion for specific medical conditions. However, the state is prohibited from criminalizing medical providers who provide abortion care to pregnant people in emergency situations pending the outcome of the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Idaho on the theory that the trigger ban violates the requirement of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and…
