Idaho law preventing minors from crossing state lines for an abortion sparks lawsuit
In Idaho, abortion at any stage of pregnancy is currently banned (with narrow exceptions), and a law passed in May prevents minors from traveling across state lines for an abortion without parental consent. Helping a minor do this could result in a felony and 2—5 years in prison.

The Northwest Abortion Access Fund and the Indigenous Idaho Alliance are suing Idaho in response, alongside Nampa attorney Lourdes Matsumoto.

All three plaintiffs help minors looking to get an abortion. According to the lawsuit, the Northwest Abortion Access fund alone helped 166 Idaho residents last year. The group says that the law is too vague and that it violates a First Amendment right to talk to minors about abortion and Fourth Amendment right to travel across state lines.

The number of abortions has increased in states surrounding Idaho — by 1,500 in Washington, over 1,300 in Oregon, and almost 2,600 in Nevada.

Idaho's new law makes the portion of the trip across state lines in Idaho illegal, making its constitutionality murky. One part of the Constitution requires states to respect the laws of others, but another forbids the restriction of commerce between states.

There is no public transportation between Boise, Idaho's capital, and the closest abortion provider in Oregon.

California proposition could enshrine same-sex marriage in 2024
California's state constitution currently has an inactive section from 2008 that bans recognition of same-sex marriages, called Proposition 8. Same-sex marriage has been legal there since 2013, two years before it became legal nationally, but Proposition 8's language remains in the constitution. In 2024, California voters will be able to vote to remove that language.

California's Senate passed the proposed amendment July 13 on a 31-0 vote. Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, called the decision "joyous." All but one of the chamber's eight Republicans did not cast a vote.

Two members of the California Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus, Scott Wiener and Evan Low, began the process to put the proposition in voters' hands after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. It was worried that LGBTQ+ rights could be next, since Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should consider other rulings besides abortion, including the 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriages.