Prop 1: Proposition One: Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act (Measure creating right to abortion before fetus viability, and post-viability to protect health; right to privacy; healthcare provider liability protections)
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Prop 1 is a citizen initiative that would add a right to reproductive freedom and privacy to Idaho law. It would allow abortion until fetal viability, and after that only in a medical emergency. It also covers contraception, fertility treatment and pregnancy care, and it would stop the state from punishing patients or health care providers for care the law allows. It would take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
A YES vote means
Idaho law would include a right to abortion before fetal viability, and after viability in a medical emergency. It would also include a right to make other reproductive health decisions, and it would protect health care providers from discipline or civil or criminal liability for that care.
A NO vote means
No change to Idaho's current law. Abortion stays banned except to prevent the death of the pregnant woman, and in the first trimester in cases of rape or incest reported to law enforcement.
To pass: A simple majority (more than half) of the votes cast on the question.
Official text and summary (Idaho Secretary of State, 2026 Voter Pamphlet (Proposition One, pages 5-12))
Supporters include
Still being checked (5)
- The title combines the pamphlet heading ('Proposition One: Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act') with the Attorney General's official short ballot title. Check the exact wording on the printed ballot.
- idgop.org blocked automated reading, so the Idaho Republican Party's opposition comes from Ballotpedia's listing and was not read at the source. The Deseret News (LDS Church), Idaho Freedom Foundation and Idaho Democratic Party pages were read and confirm each group's stance.
- ACLU of Idaho and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates are listed as supporters by Ballotpedia. Their pages load, but their stances were not read in full.
- Passing threshold: Ballotpedia says initiated statutes need a simple majority. No SoS page states it outright.
- Order (3) follows the voter pamphlet. Printed ballot order is not confirmed.