A panel of federal judges this week largely upheld Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law, a measure passed in the 2023 legislative session meant to punish an adult who helps a minor seek an abortion in another state or obtain medication that will induce an abortion.

A federal appeals court has ruled that most of Idaho’s law that makes it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent can take effect while a lawsuit challenging its constitut

Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law aimed at preventing adults from “transporting” minors out of state to get abortions without parental consent can be enforced, after a panel of judges on a federal appeals court reinstated it this week.