Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general to file legal arguments in a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s law making it a crime for adults to help minors travel out-of-state for abortion care.
The challenge to Idaho’s so-called abortion “travel ban” was filed in U.S. District Court in Idaho earlier by an attorney working with sexual assault victims, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund and the Indigenous Idaho Alliance.
In the amicus brief, Ferguson argues that Idaho’s law not only endangers minors from Idaho, it also punishes Washington’s and other states’ medical providers and residents for helping them access lawful abortion care outside Idaho’s borders. Further, Ferguson argues, Idaho should not be allowed to criminalize legal conduct in other states.
Ferguson’s amicus brief urges the court to block Idaho’s law immediately.
