#Idaho Banned #Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.
Since the #SupremeCourt overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the state’s GOP-led Legislature has disbanded a maternal mortality committee, failed to expand postpartum #Medicaid coverage and turned down federal grants for child care.
🤦🏻♀️ “#SupremeCourt on Friday allowed #Idaho to enforce its strict #abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues.
The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.”
@ProPublica has an in-depth look at a horrifying situation, in Idaho where Schools have been denied funding for repairs for almost 30 years. The schools are literally falling apart. Classes are being held in stairwells and closets, amid frequent power outages, and no one is doing anything.
Politico— #Idaho Democrats are running candidates in every state legislative district for the first time in at least 30 years, seeing opportunity in an extreme GOP agenda.
There's no official fire perimeter yet (I'm assuming it'll be on tonight's mapping flight). But here's my VERY rough estimate of a fire perimeter based on satellite detections, stated size, photos, etc. #HaydenFire#Idaho
"Because Greater Idaho is unlikely to become a reality, 'people dismiss it,' said Stephen Piggott, a program director with Western States Center. And that, he believes, is dangerous: 'People are not connecting the dots,' he said. 'The people who want to create a white homeland are backing it.'”
The indomitable Leah Sottile brings a depth of reporting to the Greater Idaho movement found nowhere else.
"The oral arguments over Idaho’s abortion ban and whether it trumps federal law that requires hospitals to give pregnant patients emergency medical case may have marked a new low for this court.
It was so bad that even Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she was 'shocked' by the position Idaho was taking."
With help from outside influence groups, #Idaho lawmakers work to ban #climate action
"Idaho is one of several conservative states with bills this year aimed at prohibiting investment practices that use #ESG, or “environmental, social and governance” factors.
Senate Bill 1291 bans companies that do business with the state from boycotting energy industries, including #FossilFuels, and the #firearm industry."
375,000 NATIVE ANIMALS KILLED by One Program in 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's notorious #WildlifeServices program just put out its required tally of #killings for last year: 375,045 native animals. The federal extermination program targets a long list of wild creatures, chiefly at the behest of #agricultural interests in states like #Texas, #Colorado and #Idaho.
According to the report — which almost surely understates the actual numbers —
"One by one, doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are disappearing from Idaho — part of a wave of obstetricians fleeing restrictive abortion laws and a hostile state legislature...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an #Idaho law requiring public school students to use the restroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth, in a lawsuit brought by the family of a #transgender middle school student. #LGBTQ#legal
🫦🫦🫦 #BOISE , #IDAHO!! we are beyond excited to announce that our next show on the @shannoncurtis Good to Me tour is going to be January 13, 2024, at the Gem Center for the Arts "Lounge at the End of the Universe"!!
this rad, unique venue is somewhere between a black box and a cabaret. vibey 🙀🙀🙀
tickets are on sale NOW. It's a saturday a couple weeks after the holidays. we know you don't have plans yet; so mark your calendars now and let's do art together!!
NEW: #Idaho Supreme Court upholds the state's ban on using student IDs to vote, dismissing a lawsuit alleging that the rule violates young voters’ right to equal protection and right to vote under the Idaho Constitution.
[News] Trump gains primary election advantage as states set delegate selection rules. New California rules could favor Trump while also making it harder for challengers like DeSantis to make it a two-person race (www.washingtonpost.com)
In case of paywall:...