{"id":334789,"date":"2025-07-22T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=334789"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:17:28","slug":"idaho-ag-agreement-prosecute-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/idaho-ag-agreement-prosecute-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho AG and Planned Parenthood come to agreement regarding out-of-state abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador has come to an agreement with Planned Parenthood over out-of-state abortions, ending a lawsuit the abortion chain filed against the state three years ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Planned Parenthood and the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Idaho after a letter from Labrador went public.<\/li>\n<li>In the letter, Labrador said Idaho&#8217;s law, which protects preborn children from abortion, \u201cprohibits an Idaho medical provider from either referring a woman across state lines to access abortion services or prescribing abortion pills for the woman to pick up across state lines.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Labrador has come to an agreement with Planned Parenthood by agreeing not to prosecute, in exchange for the abortion corporation&#8217;s dropping of the lawsuit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Details:<\/h2>\n<p>Labrador and two county prosecutors signed a consent decree vowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/idaho-agrees-not-prosecute-doctors-out-of-state-abortion-referrals-2025-07-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to prosecute<\/a> doctors who refer patients out of Idaho for abortions. In exchange, U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2025\/07\/17\/idaho-attorney-general-wont-prosecute-some-doctors-for-out-of-state-abortion-referrals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed the lawsuit<\/a> from Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, said the agreement \u201cbrings much-needed clarity, compassion, and relief to both patients and providers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt ensures that health care providers in Idaho can continue doing what they are trained and ethically bound to do \u2014 offer accurate information and help patients access the care they need, even if that care is out of state. In a state where abortion is banned, those referrals can be lifesaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Labrador said this agreement \u201cavoids unnecessary litigation and protects Idaho taxpayers from further costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Backstory:<\/h2>\n<p>In 2023, as a result of the\u00a0lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/idaho-ag-appeal-judge-prosecution-abortion-referral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blocked<\/a> part of the Idaho law allowing prosecution of doctors who refer patients out of state for abortions. Included in Idaho law is a stipulation that doctors who \u201cassist\u201d in abortion will lose their licenses to practice.<\/p>\n<p>Labrador also sent a private letter saying the law \u201cprohibits an Idaho medical provider from either referring a woman across state lines to access abortion services or prescribing abortion pills for the woman to pick up across state lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That letter was leaked, causing him to withdraw it. In response, he said, \u201cIt was not a guidance document, nor was it ever published by the Office of the Attorney General. Accordingly, I hereby withdraw it.\u201d Despite the withdrawal, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU sued, saying they believed he would enforce the law that way in the future, despite his statement. The court agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court finds that the Medical Providers have established that there is a genuine threat of prosecution. This threat has resulted in the chilling of the Medical Providers\u2019 speech \u2014 a well-established concrete injury,\u201d Winmill wrote in the ruling.<\/p>\n<h2>The Bottom Line:<\/h2>\n<p>For his part, Labrador insisted that the pro-life law in Idaho will remain intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdaho\u2019s strong pro-life laws remain fully in effect, and we remain proud to defend the rights of mothers and their unborn children,\u201d Labrador said. \u201cThis settlement simply affirms what our office already made clear in court: We do not have the authority to prosecute referrals for out-of-state services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Follow Live Action News on\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/LiveActionOrg\/\"><b><i>Instagram<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>\u00a0for more pro-life news.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idaho Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador has come to an agreement with Planned Parenthood over out-of-state abortions, ending a lawsuit the abortion chain filed against the state three years ago. Key Takeaways: Planned Parenthood and the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Idaho after a letter from Labrador went public. In the letter, Labrador said Idaho&#8217;s law, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":329748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Idaho AG and Planned Parenthood come to agreement regarding out-of-state abortions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Idaho&#039;s AG signed a consent decree vowing not to prosecute for out-of-state abortion referrals, saying the state doesn&#039;t have that authority.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/idaho-ag-agreement-prosecute-planned-parenthood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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