Right to Life of Idaho is your voice in the legislature, representing the pro-life community and speaking out for those who cannot defend themselves.
Over the years, Right to Life of Idaho has been instrumental in passing key legislation that protects the unborn, mothers, and the elderly. Here are some of the important laws we've helped enact.
Requires Parents' Notification before Minor Daughter's Abortion.
Requires Abortion Providers to Give Women Informed Consent on Fetal Development, Risks and Complications of Abortion, and Alternatives to Abortion.
Requires Additional Rider for Abortion Coverage.
Idaho Supreme Court Decision. Prior to This Bill, Parents Had Been Allowed to Sue for Wrongful Life of a Disabled Child.
Prohibits Infanticide of a Disabled Child.
Removed Pro-Euthanasia Provisions.
Banned Most Abortions. Vetoed by Gov. Andrus.
Prohibits this Type of D&E Abortion.
Parents Must Consent to Minor Daughter's Abortion.
Abortion Providers Must Give Women Three Informed Consent Booklets Containing Information on Fetal Development, Risks and Complications of Abortion, and Alternatives to Abortion. Provided by Department of Health and Welfare.
Prohibits Tax-Payer Funded Abortion Except for Life of Mother. Adheres to Federal Hyde Amendment Restrictions.
Requires Unborn to be Considered Second Victim Under the Law.
Health Insurance Program Provision for Prenatal Care.
Abortion Providers Must Offer for Woman to See Ultrasound Before Abortion.
Parents Must Give Consent before Minor Daughter's Abortion. Allows Judicial Bypass for Minor as Required by Courts.
Stopped in Committee.
Requires Three Booklets Containing Information on Fetal Development, Risks and Complications of Abortion, and Alternatives to Abortion to be placed on the Department of Health and Welfare Website.
Requires Abortion Provider to Perform Pregnancy Test on Woman Before Abortion.
Protects from involuntary denial of medical treatment.
Ban on 20-Week Abortion When Child Can Feel Pain.
Prohibits Physician Assisted Euthanasia.
Supports Criminalization of Those Making a Profit from Abortion.
Abortion Provider Must Perform Ultrasound and Show Woman Before Abortion. Passed Senate Only.
Protects from Involuntary Denial of Medical Treatment. (Idaho's Bill is the Strongest in the Nation.)
Prohibited Telemedicine Abortion. Required Presence of Abortion Provider. Passed and Signed into Law 2015; Challenged by Planned Parenthood; Repealed in 2016; Not in Effect.
Department of Health and Welfare Must List All Medical Pregnancy Centers that Provide Free Ultrasounds.
Prohibits Sale of or Experimentation on Aborted Baby.
Prohibited this Type of D&E Abortion on a Living Unborn Child.
Informs a Woman that Should She Change her Mind after Taking the First Abortion Pill, There is a Possibility of Reversing the Chemical Abortion. Department of Health and Welfare Must List Abortion Pill Reversal Providers on Their Website.
Enhances Abortion Reporting.
Reason: It Would Give More Funding to Planned Parenthood.
Idaho Law Conformed to Federal Language.
Revised abortion complications reporting.
Opposed & Stopped Bill Limiting Non-Profit Organizations.
Pro-life Provision Directing Funds Away from Planned Parenthood.
Implements Stronger Abortion Pill Reversal Language on Department of Health and Welfare Website.
This Law Creates a New "Choose Life" Specialty License Plate, Available Starting January 2021. Proceeds from the Sale of These License Plates is Distributed to Pro-life Pregnancy Care Centers to Increase Care for the Needs of Women Facing Unexpected Pregnancies.
This Legislation, Supported by Planned Parenthood, Would Have Required That Insurance Companies Cover a Six-Month Supply of Contraceptives. This Would Have Covered "all FDA approved contraceptives," Including Abortion-Causing Drugs, such as "Plan B" and "Ella."
Prohibits Any Public Funds From Going to Any Individual or Organization that Provides Abortions.
This Law Prevents Doctors from Withdrawing a Child's Life-Sustaining Treatment or Placing "Do Not Resuscitate" Orders in a Child's File Without Parental Notification.
This Law Takes Effect Upon the Reversal of Roe v Wade by the US Supreme Court. It Helps Restore Idaho's Protective Pre-Roe Laws.
Bans the Late Term Abortion Procedure Which Dismembers the Baby.
Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to Make Information Available to Women Who Receive a Down Syndrome Prenatal Diagnosis so That They are Better Informed with Regard to the Positive Outcomes of Giving Birth to a Downs Baby.
Protects the Baby When a Heartbeat is Detected.
Prohibits the Taking of a Pregnant Minor Across State Lines to Obtain an Abortion Without Parental Consent.
Not considered.
Adds to the Idaho Safe Haven Law, Allowing Safe Haven Facility to Install and Receive Surrendered Newborn Infants Through a Specified Newborn Safety Device.
Clarifies What Medical Professionals Can Do to Save the Life of a Mother Experiencing a Physical Life-Threatening Pregnancy. Provides for the Development of a Video and Accompanying Materials Which Will Help Educate Doctors Regarding Pro-life Laws.