“Wake up and go vote!” Election Action: On Tuesday, November 3, at 9 a.m., churches are encouraged to ring their bells. Additionally, Church doors will be open throughout the day for parishioners to enter, pray, and seek blessings for the community and the state. Post-Election Action: If Proposition 1 goes as we hope, the bells […]
Members of the local Catholic, Protestant, and Latter-day Saint congregations will come together Saturday, October 24, for a March for Life in Blackfoot, joining in opposition to Proposition 1 ahead of Idaho’s November 3 general election. The March for Life will begin at noon at Wilbert Cammack Park, located at the intersection of Meridian and […]
Currently, Idaho parents must be notified and give consent for their child to have an abortion. That is not the case in Montana. Montana parents lost that right in August 2024. Montana’s misfortune offers an important lesson to Idaho voters considering Proposition 1. Montana parents lost their right, not as the result of a new […]
This last week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined the Catholic Church and many Protestant congregations in publicly opposing Proposition 1. Some will suggest that this is inappropriate — that churches shouldn’t address political issues. Others will insist you can’t “legislate morality” at all. Proposition 1 provides a perfect illustration of why […]
This document should not be construed as legal advice.If you need individualized legal advice, please contact an attorney. Summary: On April 11, 2025, an Idaho state trial court issued a ruling clarifying the meaning of the medical exception to Idaho’s abortion bans. The court ruled that Idaho’s abortion bans “do not prohibit performing an ‘abortion’ […]
A week ago Thursday, former state representative Greg Chaney drove over from Boise to speak to the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee. I served with Representative Chaney, who chaired the House Judiciary and Rules Committee, and we worked together on some important issues, including legislation that kept Idaho’s schools and businesses open during COVID. His […]
Fall is not just time for harvest. It’s a season of fresh starts: squeaky tennis shoes, new backpacks, sharpened pencils, and a particular mix of nerves and hope. As Idahoans, we believe in new beginnings. We believe effort matters, that showing up counts, that you can build something better than what you started with — […]
I stand between two generations — watching my daughters become mothers, and watching my own mother age into needing to be mothered herself. I suppose that’s why we call it being a grandmother. We mother in both directions. Between medical appointments, home-cooked meals, play practices, lessons, school preparations, and endless activities, I have the privilege […]
For two years, you have been sold a narrative: that Idaho’s pro-life law is so dangerous, so vague, that doctors have no choice but to airlift dying women out of state rather than treat them. It’s been the centerpiece of a news story and a federal lawsuit. Now it’s part of the argument for Prop […]