Judge denies Idaho attorney general’s attempt to dismiss abortion lawsuit

By: Kyle Pfannenstiel

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 511

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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A federal judge denied Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s near-total abortion ban, clearing the way for the legal challenge to go to trial.

The lawsuit, by Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, seeks court protections for medically necessary abortions. His lawsuit is against the Idaho Board of Medicine and Ada County Prosecuting Attorney Jan Bennetts.

In October, Labrador argued that the doctor admitted to not …

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