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Feb 7

What Legal Voice is doing for Black History Month

For nearly 45 years, Legal Voice has been fighting in the courts and statehouses for our rights in the pursuit of gender equity and...

Feb 3

UPDATE: In a Win for Abortion Providers, Anti-Choice Harassers to Pay $850,000 in Legal Fees

For over two years, anti-abortion extremists held rallies directly outside of the Spokane Planned Parenthood Health Care Center. Calling...

Jan 27

Meet Our New Staff Members!

You may have noticed some new names and faces these last couple of months! Take a moment to get to know our new staff members, and help...

Jan 6

Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban, Rules Against Bodily Autonomy in Planned Parenthood Case

Yesterday [January 5, 2023], the Idaho Supreme Court, in a 3-2 opinion, ruled against pregnant people by holding that the state’s extreme...

Aug 24, 2022

Idaho Abortion Bans: Important Things You Need to Know

UPDATE: Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban, Rules Against Bodily Autonomy in Planned Parenthood Case, January 6, 2023 can be found...

Jul 27, 2022

Governor Little Should Support Quality, Affordable Healthcare, not Propaganda

Today we took out an ad in the Idaho Statesman bringing to light the misleading and dangerous info shared in Idaho.

Jun 24, 2022

Legal Voice Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson and the overturn of Roe v. Wade

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned...

Apr 4, 2022

In Support of Planned Parenthood of Montana

This past week, we filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood of Montana in a lawsuit challenging four harmful laws that...

Feb 3, 2022

Lawsuit Settlement Ensures that Pregnant Idahoans Have Right to Enforceable Living Wills

(Boise, Idaho - Feb. 3, 2022) Four Idaho women secured a landmark victory this week, settling a federal lawsuit challenging an Idaho law...

Jan 22, 2022

On the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we need the Women's Health Protection Act

On this day 49 years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States made their ruling on Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that afforded...

Jan 4, 2022

January is Poverty Awareness Month

Did you know that January is poverty awareness month? Though we are often touted as one of the most prosperous nations in the world, our...

Dec 2, 2021

What Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Means for the Northwest

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that poses a direct...

Nov 3, 2021

Advanced Practice Clinicians in Alaska Can Now Provide Medication Abortion

In the midst of what can only be described as a travesty of justice for pregnant people in Texas, Legal Voice, together with Planned...

Nov 1, 2021

UPDATE: We filed a response at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seattle's Union Gospel Mission v. Woods

Earlier this year, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of Matt Woods, a Seattle lawyer and longtime Seattle's Union Gospel...

Oct 28, 2021

Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in 9 States

Legal Voice joined the Alliance: State Advocates for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality today in releasing a report, “Designed to Deceive:...

Oct 11, 2021

Indigenous People's Day is Not Just Today. It's a Daily Practice.

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. However, the recognition of the leadership and resilience of Indigenous communities should be a practice...

Sep 23, 2021

The Courts Agree: PP deserves to treat patients without harassment from anti-abortion extremists

In June of 2020, Legal Voice and the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, filed a complaint on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Greater...

Sep 23, 2021

Legal Voice Files Amicus Brief Demanding Meaningful Access to Abortion for All Pregnant People

Yesterday, Legal Voice, on behalf of 13 other organizations, submitted an amicus brief (find out more about amicus briefs here) in Dobbs...

Jun 11, 2021

Challenging Idaho’s “Physician’s Only” Law

In December 2018, Legal Voice, along with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, filed suit against...

Jun 11, 2021

Collective Governance Towards Liberation

This past year has been one of deep reflection – as an organization dedicated to gender equity, as communities continuing to lead for...