"Idaho is one of only 5 states with an abortion ban so extreme it contains NO exceptions for the health of the mother. Women in Idaho are cruelly and senselessly forced to carry doomed pregnancies, even at the risk of their own health and life.

We can change this. We can protect patients and their doctors, ensure health-saving care, and get the government out of private medical decisions.

This November, Idahoans can vote YES on Proposition One.

Four years ago, the trigger ban changed Idaho for the worse.

"Vote YES on Prop 1 by November 3!

This ballot initiative would restore Idahoans’ right to make personal reproductive health care decisions.

Idahoans will finally get a direct vote on abortion—the first since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, triggering a public health crisis across the state and country. The Prop 1 campaign, led by Idahoans United for Woman and Families, gathered signatures in every corner of Idaho, proof that support for reproductive freedom crosses party lines.  

Prop 1 protects the full range of reproductive health options; including birth control, IVF and abortion up to fetal viability, medical emergencies and post-viability exceptions for the health and life of the pregnant person and fetal anomalies. Most Idahoans already support legal abortion in some or almost all cases. We're not asking Idahoans to change their values. We're asking the law to catch up with them.

Pregnant Idahoans are being turned away by their own doctors — even in medical emergencies. 

Vote YES on Prop 1 to restore access to lifesaving health care for Idahoans. 

Idaho's doctor shortage is getting worse — and every family is feeling the impact.

Vote YES on Prop 1 to bring health care providers back to Idaho." - Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates

"Idaho’s current abortion laws are cruel, dangerous, and out of touch with what most Idahoans want for their families. These laws offer no exceptions for the health or fertility of the mother and threaten doctors with prison for providing care. The consequences are heartbreaking: women denied critical treatment, families forced to flee the state for urgent care, and Idaho now ranked dead last in the nation for access to maternal health providers.

Democrats in Idaho have fought tirelessly against these extreme bans, introducing bills to restore health care access, protect doctors, and keep private family decisions free from government interference. But Republican politicians have blocked every effort.

Now, Idahoans have the power to act. The Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act would restore reasonable access to abortion health care, protect access to birth control and fertility treatments like IVF, and ensure that deeply personal medical decisions remain private between women, their families, and their doctors, not dictated by politicians.

This fight is about who makes the most personal, life-changing decisions for Idaho families: you and your doctor, or politicians.

Let’s stand together, take action, and build a future where privacy and freedom are protected for every Idahoan." - Lauren Necochea, Chair, Idaho Democratic Party 

"Prop 1 is a backdoor attempt to rewrite Idaho law and legalize late-term abortions, well beyond when a baby is capable of feeling pain.

Prop 1 explicitly establishes a right to abortion “up to fetal viability…” That’s long past the point that a baby can feel pain. And Prop 1 goes even further, deceptively redefining “fetal viability” to authorize late-term abortions well into the seventh or eighth month.

Prop 1 overturns parental consent requirements, authorizing healthcare providers to perform abortions on teenage girls behind the backs of their parents.

Prop 1 overrides Idaho’s parental consent law, creating a right to abortion for “every person” regardless of age. That means abortion would be the only procedure that can be performed on a child without her parents’ permission — gutting parental rights.

Prop 1 claims to allow abortions only to the point of “viability." But Prop 1’s fine print redefines “viability,” permitting abortion-on-demand for any reason through seven or even eight months of pregnancy.

Idaho law has always defined “fetal viability” as the point at which a preborn baby could “potentially live outside the mother’s womb, albeit with artificial aid,” which has traditionally been understood to mean 20–24 weeks into a pregnancy. But Prop 1 would radically redefine “fetal viability”, authorizing late-term abortions until a baby has a “significant likelihood of sustained survival outside of the uterus without extraordinary medical measures.” This means that preemie babies needing the aid of oxygen, nutrition, or other extraordinary measures to survive would no longer be considered viable — going far beyond Roe v Wade.

Prop 1 permits any health care providers – who are not doctors – to perform abortions, gutting women’s health protections.

Prop 1 purports to create a right to abortion “in consultation with a health care provider,” which is defined as any “licensed person or an entity that provides health care or medical treatment.” This definition is broad enough to include healthcare providers who aren’t doctors — and even abortion clinic employees." - Too Extreme for Idaho

"Prop One is the most extreme abortion initiative in Idaho history.

Prop 1 would be more extreme than under Roe:

1. Fetal Viability is generally accepted as the point in which a baby can survive outside the womb with medical support or ~23-24 weeks gestation. This Act would make 2nd Trimester abortions legal on face value, but could extend into the third trimester and in rare cases even up to birth by redefining fetal viability to when there is a “significant likelihood” of "sustained survival" without “extraordinary measures” terms whose definitions are determined by the abortionist.

2. Prop 1 would trump or “control over” all previous established impediments to abortion access, including parental consent. All "persons" are guaranteed a right to privacy, including minors from their parents.

3. “A right to reproductive freedom and privacy…including, but not limited to” combined with “services related to the reproductive processes, functions, and systems” means this would actually open the door for a transgender agenda of hormones and surgeries; without parental consent and as a “right” possible insurance mandates and premium hikes could follow.

4. No "doctor only" requirement. Under Roe v Wade abortions were only allowed to be performed by a medical doctor licensed in the state of Idaho with hospital admitting privileges. Prop 1 uses "Healthcare Provider" to include non-doctor-practitioners. A retrospective study showed an 11% severe adverse event rate after abortion pill use. Women's lives would be endangered without proper oversight." - Right to Life of Idaho  

"Vote No on Proposition 1

It’s being sold as protecting privacy. The actual text goes much further — and Idaho families deserve to know what it really does before they vote. Idaho’s current law is working. Here’s why this initiative would put that progress at risk.

Prop 1 — officially the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act — is being presented to voters as a measure about privacy and routine reproductive care — things like contraception and miscarriage treatment that are already legal in Idaho today and privacy is protected in every instance. But the operative language goes much further than the campaign behind it is letting on.

The initiative establishes a sweeping new right to “reproductive freedom and privacy,” covering not just abortion but contraception, fertility treatment, prenatal and postpartum care, childbirth, and miscarriage care — worded broadly enough that its real-world limits will likely get argued out in court, not settled on the ballot.

Abortion becomes legal up to fetal viability (roughly 24 weeks) and, after that point, in cases the initiative defines as a “medical emergency.” That’s a major expansion from current Idaho law, which allows abortion only for rape, incest, a life-threatening risk to the mother, or ectopic/molar pregnancies.

The initiative replaces “physician” with any licensed “health care provider,” without writing in the hospital-proximity or admitting-privileges standards Idaho has historically required for comparable procedures. Autonomy over a medical decision means little if the standard of care behind it quietly gets lower.

A “medical emergency” is defined by the treating provider’s own good-faith judgment — not an independent medical board, a required second opinion, or any outside review. In practice, the provider performing the abortion is also the one deciding whether it qualifies." - Idaho Republican Party

IDAHO PROPOSITION 1, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND PRIVACY ACT INITIATIVE (2026)

This question is on the ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2026. As of October 12, 2026, the committees formed to support the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act Initiative (2026) are:

IDAHOANS UNITED FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES

Selected contributions to: "Idahoans United for Women and Families" include:

• Government That Works PAC
• Reproductive Freedom for All
• Roberta Hansberger
• The Bill Parks Charitable Foundation
• Allison & William Kearns
• Kristine & Jeff Stoddard
• Carol Lloyd
• Quinn Delaney
• Ron & Mary Nahas
• Eileen Barber
• AJ & Susie Balukoff

IDAHO PROPOSITION 1, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND PRIVACY ACT INITIATIVE (2026)

This question is on the ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2026. As of October 12, 2026, the committees formed to oppose the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act Initiative (2026) are:

TOO EXTREME FOR IDAHO

Selected contributions to: "Too Extreme for Idaho" include:

• Angela & James Harrison
• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Dorothy Rebholtz
• Cassy Lindsey
• Dennis and Paula Mccurry
• Larry Williams
• Nederend Farms LLLP
• S3 Properties, LP
• The Carley Family Revocable Trust
• J & M Property Account

SAVE IDAHO PAC

Selected contributions to: "Save Idaho PAC" include:

• Samuel Paul
• John Rice-Cameron
• Betty Krusiewicz

IDAHO CHOOSES LIFE

Selected contributions to: "Idaho Chooses Life" include:

• The Walton Group
• Katherine Wolff
• Kelly Walton
• Justin Wilkerson
• Victor Miller
• Charles Page
• Jerry Walton
• Kelly Link
• Bill Teske
• Bert McDowell

CITIZENS ALLIANCE OF IDAHO PAC

Selected contributions to: "Citizens Alliance of Idaho PAC" include:

• Citizens Alliance Political Action Committee Inc.
• Citizens Alliance of America PAC
• Doyle Beck
• Inform Idaho Inc
• Chalmers & Adams LLC
• Andrew Phelps
• Vicki Keen
• Shane Macaulay
• Tom Page
• Aleksandra Kogen

FAITH AND FAMILY PAC OF IDAHO

Selected contributions to: "Faith and Family PAC of Idaho" include:

• Heather Redd
• Adele Kammeyer
• Karie Caldwell
• Mandy Baker
• Stephanie Gifford
• Susan Jacobson
• Marlene Mahoney-Martian

Citizens Alliance of Idaho: Prop 1 Fact Sheet

Right to Life of Idaho: Prop 1 Information Sheet