This story has been updated to include a statement from the attorney representing the plaintiffs. A panel of federal judges on Monday 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

A federal appeals court has ruled that Idaho can enforce its abortion travel ban, which prohibits minors from traveling out of state for abortions without parental consent. The decision Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2023 decision that had blocked the law on First Amendment grounds.

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.

A federal appeals court substantially resurrected Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law that makes it a crime to help a minor cross state lines for an abortion without parental consent. In 2023, Idaho adopted HB 242,

Idaho can enforce a first-of-its-kind "abortion trafficking" law against those who harbor or transport a minor to get an abortion out of state without parental consent, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Idaho can partially enforce its "abortion trafficking law” which prevents adults from “harboring” or “transporting” minors out of state to terminate a pregnancy without their parents’ consent.

An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.