Idaho, ACLU settle abortion suit

Women will no longer be banned from receiving abortion-inducing medication through telemedicine in Idaho, under a new legal settlement.

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands announced Monday that the lawsuit settlement lifts unnecessary burdens on women seeking safe abortions.

“Women in Idaho deserve the right to have access to the safest, highest quality health care —these misguided laws do just the opposite by creating unnecessary hurdles to safe and legal abortion that are not grounded in science, but instead rooted in politics,” said Chris Charbonneau, CEO of the regional Planned Parenthood office, in a prepared statement.

The organization’s lawsuit was directed at two laws passed in 2015/ Kimberlee Kruesi, AP, via Eye on Boise. More here.