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Idaho Abortion-Rights Amendment Drive Tops 50,000 Signatures Toward 2026 Ballot

The campaign plans its largest signature push on Small Business Saturday to close in on the threshold for a statewide vote.

A group of teenagers protests the Supreme Court's decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health case on July 2, 2022 on the main street in Driggs, Idaho. A trigger law could ban nearly all abortions in Idaho 30 days after the issuance of the judgment in any decision returning abortion legislating to states. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Idahoans United for Women and Families says it has surpassed 50,000 voter signatures toward the roughly 71,000 required to qualify the initiative for November 2026.
  • The proposed Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act would protect private reproductive-health decisions, permitting abortion up to fetal viability and in medical emergencies.
  • The measure defines reproductive care broadly to include contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and prenatal, pregnancy, and postpartum services.
  • Idaho law currently bans most abortions with exceptions for rape, incest, or to save a mother’s life, and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year affirmed access to emergency and miscarriage care.
  • Organizers plan their largest collection push on Small Business Saturday, as opponents point to disputed research on OB/GYN departures and prepare a counter-campaign.