Idaho Defends Ban on Helping Minors Get Out-of-State Abortions

There’s no constitutional right to help a pregnant minor get an abortion in another state without their parents’ knowledge and consent, Idaho said in a district court filing.

The law prohibits abortion “trafficking,” not travel—and that’s a crime, Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R) said Monday in a brief opposing abortion helpers’ motion to stop the law’s enforcement while the case proceeds in the US District Court for the District of Idaho.

Plaintiffs Lourdes Matsumoto, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and Indigenous Idaho Alliance didn’t demonstrate that they’re likely to succeed on claims that the law violates their free-speech rights with ...