Recently, while gathering signatures for an Idaho citizen’s initiative to restore a “Woman’s Right to Choose,” I met a woman whose daughter had a miscarriage while trying to become pregnant. She had difficulty finding a physician for further care. Idaho law threatens to prosecute and jail a physician who performs a necessary abortion. We have already lost 43% of our OB/GYN doctors. Who will be left to care for those of us who have a problem during pregnancy?

I am outraged that our GOVERNMENT has passed such a law to control MY reproductive health in Idaho.

If interested in learning more about this ballot initiative, called The Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, please support Idahoans United for Women and Families and go to “iduwf.org” to find an event in your area TO SIGN THIS PETITION to get it on the ballot for November 2026 and let the VOTERS decide.

Kathy Richmond, McCall

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