Go to Content Go to Navigation Go to Navigation Go to Site Search Homepage

Planned Parenthood Statement on Idaho Chambers Passing Extreme Abortion Ban

For Immediate Release: April 16, 2021 (Updated: April 16, 2021, 1:30 p.m.)


BOISE — Today, the Idaho House of Representatives passed HB 366 — previously SB 1183 — a bill that would prevent a person from obtaining an abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. This is before many people even know they are pregnant. This extremist legislation passed in a vote of 53-16-1. 

As a leading provider of sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates (PPAA) opposes this bill. 

Statement from Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman, Idaho State Director for PPAA:

“Today marks yet another great failure for the Idaho legislature, which refused to listen to common-sense arguments against an extreme bill and opted instead to push radical ideologies while ignoring the most pressing issues facing Idahoans. 

“It is clear that Idaho’s legislature does not actually value freedom or bodily autonomy, does not care about re-traumatizing victims of rape and incest, and does not care about wasting taxpayer dollars. Lawmakers admitted this bill attempts to supercede the Supreme Court precedent by trying to make abortion illegal before SCOTUS makes a decision on attacks against Roe v. Wade.  

“Health care decisions should be made between a patient and their provider — without government interference. Let’s be clear: This bill is unconstitutional, and should it become law, there will be a lawsuit filed to stop its enactment.

“We urge Governor Little to veto this bad piece of legislation, for the good of all Idahoans.”

###

Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, Serving AK, HI, ID, IN, KY, WA (PPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization educating residents and policymakers about reproductive health issues in Alaska, Hawai‘i, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky and Washington. PPAA lobbies and educates to advance Planned Parenthood's mission, and engages in limited electoral activities.

This page is controlled and operated by Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates.

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and other tools to collect, store, monitor, and analyze information about your interaction with our site to improve performance, analyze your use of our sites and assist in our marketing efforts. You may opt out of the use of these cookies and other tools at any time by visiting Cookie Settings. By clicking “Allow All Cookies” you consent to our collection and use of such data, and our Terms of Use. For more information, see our Privacy Notice.

Cookie Settings

Planned Parenthood cares about your data privacy. We and our third-party vendors, use cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies to collect, store, monitor, and process certain information about you when you access and use our services, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also share information with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. You can change your default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our Necessary Cookies as they are deployed to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information, please see our Privacy Notice.

Marketing

On

We use online advertising to promote our mission and help constituents find our services. Marketing pixels help us measure the success of our campaigns.

Performance

On

We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services.

Analytics

On

We use web analytics to help us understand user engagement with our website, trends, and overall reach of our products.