Legal Voice

In response to our first-in-the-nation lawsuit, a federal judge in Idaho has ruled that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to abortion care for medical reasons.

After two years of work alongside our partners at the Lawyering Project, it’s time to celebrate this much needed relief. We’ve dealt a major blow to Idaho’s abortion bans.

In response to our first-in-the-nation lawsuit, a federal judge in Idaho has ruled that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to abortion care for medical reasons.

Today, we took Montana’s anti-trans bathroom ban to court … again. After securing a temporary block on the law last year, we’re now fighting to strike it down permanently.

Here’s the plain truth about bathroom bans: The problem they claim to solve doesn't exist. Across the country, transgender people are able to use facilities that align with their gender identity, and there’s no evidence that allowing them to do so makes anyone less safe.

In the rush to push transgender people further out of public life, Idaho politicians have put all young people in danger.

As our Idaho director, William Mitchell, wrote in the op-ed above, it should concern every Idaho parent that role models for youth are being turned into a veritable gender police force.

In the rush to push transgender people further out of public life, Idaho politicians have put all young people in danger.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

Louisiana is suing to restrict telehealth access to the abortion pill mifepristone — and Legal Voice is fighting back. Throughout the case, we’ve educated courts about the importance of telehealth access, especially for survivors of intimate partner violence.

But that’s what happens when the government takes away the access to the health care that [survivors] need.”

Louisiana is suing to restrict telehealth access to the abortion pill mifepristone — and Legal Voice is fighting back. Throughout the case, we’ve educated courts about the importance of telehealth access, especially for survivors of intimate partner violence.

We were relieved when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Louisiana's emergency filing in May, but the lawsuit is still moving forward in an appeals court. And it would be devastating if the state prevailed.

Louisiana is suing to restrict telehealth access to the abortion pill mifepristone — and Legal Voice is fighting back. Throughout the case, we’ve educated courts about the importance of telehealth access, especially for survivors of intimate partner violence.

It shouldn’t be illegal to talk about abortion. But #Idaho politicians have been encroaching on the right to speak freely about the subject for years.

The case is just getting started, and there’s likely a long road ahead. Follow us to hear what happens next.

It shouldn’t be illegal to talk about abortion. But #Idaho politicians have been encroaching on the right to speak freely about the subject for years.

Mayday's mission is to share information about reproductive health care and gender-affirming care. This spring, it planned to display a mobile billboard in Nampa with a simple message: Pregnant? Don’t want to be? Learn more at mayday.health

It shouldn’t be illegal to talk about abortion. But #Idaho politicians have been encroaching on the right to speak freely about the subject for years.

There are TWO vague laws that make it a crime to publish “advertisements” about abortion. And another law attempts to block Idahoans from providing information about abortion to young people. Together, these laws make it nearly impossible to educate people about essential care.

Our challenge to Idaho’s abortion bans is going to trial this week in Boise! We’ll be defending the right to “medically indicated abortion care.” That’s when a patient is seeking to end their pregnancy for a medical reason.

However, a victory in this case has the potential to reverse this damage — and it would establish a legal precedent that could protect patients and providers far beyond Idaho.

Our challenge to Idaho’s abortion bans is going to trial this week in Boise! We’ll be defending the right to “medically indicated abortion care.” That’s when a patient is seeking to end their pregnancy for a medical reason.

Abortion bans create a chilling effect, causing doctors to fear investigation and prosecution for providing a wide range of pregnancy-related care. And since they can’t adequately serve their patients, many are fleeing the state. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Our challenge to Idaho’s abortion bans is going to trial this week in Boise! We’ll be defending the right to “medically indicated abortion care.” That’s when a patient is seeking to end their pregnancy for a medical reason.

Medically indicated abortion care is a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. It’s rooted in the rights to life and health, and it’s been legally protected in England and the United States since the earliest days of the common law.