Lawsuits and Legal Battles Surrounding Abortion Rights in the US

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Idaho Attorney General for threatening health care providers who exercise their First Amendment right to give patients information about out-of-state abortion care. Idaho recently became the first state to pass a bill banning interstate travel for abortion for some of its residents in what it refers to as "abortion trafficking." Meanwhile, New Mexico has signed into law a bill enshrining in state law protections for health care providers and patients regarding abortion access and gender-affirming health care. The ACLU lawsuit is intended to stop Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador from applying a legal opinion in which he says that state law does not allow health care providers to refer patients out of state for abortion care.