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Federal appeals court weighs lawsuit seeking to expand Idaho’s abortion ban exemptions

by LAURA GUIDO / Idaho Capital Sun
| September 22, 2026 5:45 PM

A panel of federal appeals judges will soon decide whether to continue to allow full enforcement of Idaho’s abortion bans, or to allow a lower court’s previous ruling that provided more exemptions to the law. 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha Berzon and Consuelo Callahan heard oral arguments in a virtual hearing Tuesday afternoon.  

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