Planned Parenthood

On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it received notice the Trump administration was freezing $35 million in Title X funds for nine of its affiliates nationwide. Idaho is set to lose about $550 000 in federal funding.

The Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing in Idaho have made it clear they will not investigate physicians for referring patients to out-of-state abortions.

Idaho’s Attorney General is appealing an injunction from a federal judge saying his office can’t go after doctors who refer patients to out of state abortion care.

As Idaho’s so-called “abortion trafficking” law goes into effect, others are making their way through the courts.

A federal judge in Boise is considering whether Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador could enforce a recent opinion that doctors could be criminally charged for referring patients to out-of-state abortion providers.

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest has filed a federal lawsuit against Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office following a legal opinion issued last week that stated medical professionals in Idaho could be subject to criminal penalties for referring patients to abortion care across state lines.

A ruling by the Idaho Supreme Court Friday means the state’s abortion laws will go into effect while Planned Parenthood fights against them.

The Idaho Supreme Court Friday said it would not block the implementation of a near-total abortion ban set to take effect Aug. 25 and lifted its stay on a Texas-style abortion ban it ordered earlier this spring.

Reporter James Dawson joins Idaho Matters to break down court challenges to Idaho's abortion laws.

Almost all abortions will be outlawed in Idaho beginning August 25, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its final judgment in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade on Tuesday.