The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the state’s near-total ban on abortion in response to a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, pointing out that the procedure is not an inalienable right according to the state’s traditions.
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky filed the lawsuit against three abortion laws in the state: one banning most abortions that was passed by the state legislature in 2020, another passed a year later which prohibits abortions once a heartbeat is detected, and a third law passed in 2022 that allows family members of an aborted baby to sue for damages.
On Thursday, the court dismissed the lawsuit in a 3–2 decision….