Legislators, anti-abortion group promote data that says ID hasn’t lost OB-GYNs. Doctors push back.

By: Laura Guido

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 1,982

Last Updated: 6 days, 7 hours ago

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Editor’s note: This story was updated at 2:24 p.m. Aug. 12 with comments from the Idaho Family Policy Center.

Dr. Kylie Cooper, a maternal-fetal medicine physician, practices in Minnesota after she left Idaho in the spring of 2023, shortly after Idaho’s criminal abortion ban went into effect.

Although it has been nearly three years since she left, Cooper retained her Idaho medical license, she said.

“I have a sliver of hope that …

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