Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 18-605 (2026)
Unlawful abortions — Procurement of — Penalty.
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Unlawful abortions — Procurement of — Penalty.
(1) Every person not licensed or certified to provide health care in Idaho who knowingly, except as permitted by this chapter, provides, supplies or administers any medicine, drug or substance to any woman or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever upon any then-pregnant woman with intent thereby to cause or perform an abortion shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and/or imprisoned in the state prison for not less than two (2) and not more than five (5) years.
(2) Any person licensed or certified to provide health care pursuant to title 54, Idaho Code, and who knowingly, except as permitted by the provisions of this chapter, provides, supplies or administers any medicine, drug or substance to any woman or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever upon any then-pregnant woman with intent to cause or perform an abortion shall:
(a) For the first violation, be subject to professional discipline and be assessed a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the board granting such person’s license or certification;
(b) For the second violation, have their license or certification to practice suspended for a period of not less than six (6) months and be assessed a civil penalty of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable to the board granting such person’s license or certification; and
(c) For each subsequent violation, have their license or certification to practice revoked and be assessed a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable to the board granting such person’s license or certification.
(3) Any person who is licensed or certified to provide health care pursuant to title 54, Idaho Code, and who knowingly violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a felony punishable as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, separate from and in addition to the administrative penalties set forth in subsection (2) of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1995–2013 · leading case: McCormack v. Hiedeman, 900 F. Supp. 2d 1128 (D. Idaho 2013).
McCormack v. Hiedeman, 900 F. Supp. 2d 1128 (D. Idaho 2013). “71), seeking: (a) a declaration that section 18-606, Idaho *1134 Code, in conjunction with sections 18-608(1) and 18-608(2), Idaho Code, is facially unconstitutional; (b) a declaration that section 18-605, Idaho Code, in conjunction with sections 18-608(1) and 18-608(2), Idaho…”
Matter of Writ of Prohibition, 912 P.2d 634 (Idaho 1995). “I.C. §§ 18-605, -606. Both I.C. §§ 18-605 and 18-606 are prefaced with clauses that except from the scope of their prohibition those abortions expressly permitted by the act.”
Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc. v. Wasden, 376 F. Supp. 2d 1012 (D. Idaho 2005). “I.C. §§ 18-605; 18-609A(3). Moreover, a physician who knowingly violates any of these provisions has committed a felony, and is subject to criminal penalties of $5,000 and imprisonment from two to five years.”
Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc. v. Wasden, 376 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 2004). “APPENDIX: CHALLENGED STATUTORY PROVISIONS Idaho Code § 18-605 (2002) Unlawful abortions — Procurement of— Penalty.”
— Idaho Code § 18-605(3) — 2 cases
McCormack v. Hiedeman, 900 F. Supp. 2d 1128 (D. Idaho 2013). “71), seeking: (a) a declaration that section 18-606, Idaho *1134 Code, in conjunction with sections 18-608(1) and 18-608(2), Idaho Code, is facially unconstitutional; (b) a declaration that section 18-605, Idaho Code, in conjunction with sections 18-608(1) and 18-608(2), Idaho…”
Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc. v. Wasden, 376 F. Supp. 2d 1012 (D. Idaho 2005). “I.C. §§ 18-605; 18-609A(3). Moreover, a physician who knowingly violates any of these provisions has committed a felony, and is subject to criminal penalties of $5,000 and imprisonment from two to five years.”
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