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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday September 17, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Center for Reproductive Rights: Women Denied Abortions File Legal Actions in Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed legal actions in three states where abortion is banned--Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. These actions were filed on behalf of eight women who were denied abortions despite dangerous pregnancy complications, along with four OB-GYNs and a leading Idaho medical organization. All eight women faced serious complications, and some were forced to  more

Idaho Library Board Chair Can't Impose Religion, FFRF Contends
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 13 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: In August, the board not only passed a motion to close libraries Sundays beginning in September, but is also considering disaffiliating from the American Library Association because the ALA supposedly has "a clear animosity and resentment toward the family and traditional religious values." The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pushing back against the attempts of a northern Idaho public l  more