Take a Second Look.

The “Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act” is on your ballot. Read what it would actually change in Idaho law — then decide.

What Prop 1 would actually do

It goes well beyond reasonable exceptions

Prop 1 writes a right to abortion “up to fetal viability” into Idaho law — long past the point a baby can feel pain.

It quietly redefines “viability”

Idaho law has understood fetal viability as roughly 20 to 24 weeks. Prop 1 redefines it as a “significant likelihood of sustained survival … without extraordinary medical measures,” which would authorize late-term abortions into the seventh or eighth month.

It overrides parental consent

Prop 1 creates the right for “every person” regardless of age. Abortion would become the only procedure performed on a minor girl without her parents’ permission.

It lets non-doctors perform abortions

Prop 1 requires only consultation with a “health care provider,” defined broadly enough to include people who are not physicians — gutting women’s health protections.

Where this would put Idaho

Idaho joins other states with commonsense early pregnancy limits. Prop 1 would align us with states that allow abortion to viability — or have no statutory gestational limit at all.

(data from Guttmacher Institute)

Click a state to compare its gestational limit with Idaho. Idaho is green with red stripes: common-sense today, the red category if Prop 1 passes.

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Currently Common-Sense

Idaho today sits with other states that keep commonsense restrictions, including exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s health. Under Prop 1, Idaho would leave this group for the red category of California, Oregon, and New York: Too Extreme for Idaho

You can believe these decisions are personal — and still believe there should be commonsense limits.