The US state of Idaho is set to begin a near-total ban on abortions after a court late last week refused to stop a state law from criminalising nearly all abortions in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in Dobbs vs. Jackson. In all, about half of US states are expected to seek to ban or restrict abortions.
According to a report by Reuters, in a 3-2 ruling, the Idaho Supreme Court rejected a bid by a Planned Parenthood affiliate to prevent a ban from taking place, which the abortion provider argued would violate privacy and equal protection rights under the state constitution. (Idaho, like 12 other US states, adopted “trigger” laws banning abortion upon the Dobbs ruling.)
