” making Washington a safe haven for abortion seekers, despite Idaho’s law. Under the law, Washington courts and law enforcement can’t aid criminal investigations or make arrests in abortion cases at the request of another state. A Planned Parenthood clinic in Pullman, Washington, saw ain the number of patients coming from Idaho. In July 2022, 78 percent of that clinic’s patients were made up of Idahoans.
In the brief filed Monday, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and attorney generals from 18 other states argued that Idaho’s law interferes with states that have less restrictive abortion policies and infringes on residents’ rights to interstate travel. The brief supports a legal challenge to the law filed by several advocacy groups suing Idaho, alleging that the law violates residents’ constitutional rights.
“The Constitution protects the individual right to travel between states, and Idaho’s radical Legislature cannot abolish that right,” Ferguson . “Washington is standing up for the Constitution and reproductive freedom to support this challenge to Idaho’s unconstitutional abortion travel ban.”So are we! That’s why we’re on a mission to shake things up and bring you the stories and perspectives that often go untold in mainstream media. But being a radically, unapologetically independent news site isn’t easy , and we rely on reader support to keep the lights on.