‘End the ban:’ Idaho organizers start gathering signatures for abortion rights ballot initiative

Idahoans Launch Ballot Initiative to Safeguard Reproductive Rights

On Saturday, June 28, hundreds of reproductive freedom advocates gathered on the steps of the Idaho State Capitol for the “Rise & Sign Rally” to support a citizen-led initiative to put the Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act on the November 2026 ballot. The law would restore the right to abortion, ensure access to healthcare care in cases of pregnancy complications or emergencies, and safeguard birth control, emergency contraception and IVF in Id…

‘End the ban:’ Idaho organizers start gathering signatures for abortion rights ballot initiative

On Saturday, organizers with Idahoans United for Women and Families held a rally at the Idaho State Capitol Building in downtown Boise for a new ballot initiative that seeks to establish abortion rights in Idaho. (Courtesy of Idahoans United for Women and Families)The rallying calls were familiar. Despite dangerous pregnancy complications, women are being denied emergency abortions. Doctors are leaving the state. And politicians shouldn’t be inv…

Idaho Organizers Begin Gathering Signatures for Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative

BOISE, ID – “Idaho has been living under the trigger ban for nearly three years,” Melanie Folwell, lead organizer for the group behind Idaho’s abortion rights ballot initiative, told a Boise rally on Saturday. “And we have seen — and you’ll see in the stories you hear today — that it simply does not work for Idaho. It doesn’t work for anybody. So, today is the first step we are taking to end the ban.” The effort to collect signatures for the pro…