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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

Opponents include

  • Idaho Family Policy Center, Idaho Chooses Life, Right to Life Idaho, Too Extreme for Idaho, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise (source)
  • Idaho Republican Party (source)
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Idaho leaders) (source)
  • Idaho Freedom Foundation (source)
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