Just one Christian Nationalist group is behind Idaho's bans on trans care and abortion [View all]

Two court cases are underway in Idaho that will profoundly affect access to health care in the state.

Idaho v. United States and Poe v. Labrador, which contest the constitutionality of Idaho's recently-passed bans on abortion and gender-affirming care for youth, have several overwhelming similarities, as noted in a recent column by research institute the Center for American Progress.

Most notably, the principal litigator defending the state of Idaho in both cases is the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal advocacy group that has played a pivotal role in several cases involving abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights, including the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the right to an abortion nationally.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group that believes the “homosexual agenda” will destroy Christianity and society. It was most prominent under the Trump administration, though it was originally founded in 1994 to advocate for the end of separation of church and state.




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