Idaho federal judge narrows abortion ruling to only protect Boise doctor who filed lawsuit

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 477

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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An Idaho federal judge has narrowed a previous ruling that had allowed abortions to protect a mother’s health or from self-harm to only apply to the Boise doctor who challenged the law.

The narrowed ruling issued Tuesday means that Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and the Ada County prosecutor may not enforce Idaho’s felony abortion ban in cases where Dr. Stacy Seyb administered the procedure because of serious risk …

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