While some abortion access advocates viewed the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling this week in a case over so-called “abortion trafficking” as another dismal development in their fight against anti-abortion laws,

Attorneys for the pro-choice plaintiffs said there was one "huge victory" in the ruling on the "abortion trafficking" law, which is currently still paused as litigation continues.

Idaho can enforce a first-of-its-kind "abortion trafficking" law, a federal court ruled, making it illegal for anyone who transports a minor across state lines to get an abortion without parental consent.

One of the judges, Carlos T. Bea, a George W. Bush appointee, dissented from the ruling, arguing that because the primary enforcement of the law is by county prosecutors and not the attorney general, the plaintiffs had “sued the wrong person.”

Idaho's Republican attorney general cannot prosecute doctors who refer patients out of state to get an abortion, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.

An appeals court panel has partly upheld an anti-trafficking law passed in Idaho last year that prohibits people from transporting minors outside of the state to get 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 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.

On Wednesday, a federal court upheld an injunction preventing Idaho’s Attorney General from prosecuting doctors who refer patients out of state to receive abortions and denied his request to assign the case to another judge.