Lawyers for the state called on doctors who said they don’t find the abortion bans confusing – including one who considers hormonal birth control abortive.

Proceedings in the trial challenging Idaho's abortion bans closed on Thursday in Ada County after the plaintiffs rested their case and the defense presented their testimonies.

The case has drawn national attention to Idaho’s ban, one of the first enacted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. As it proceeds, abortion rights advocates are watching to see whether court challenges — including in other Republican-led states,

The plaintiffs want the judge to clarify Idaho's exceptions, which they believe is the only way women with pregnancy complications can get the care they need.

This is the second week of a trial in Idaho where four women are challenging the state’s abortion laws. Tuesday, a doctor for the plaintiffs testified the language of the laws is narrow and unclear, something the state disputes. Much of the testimony in court has been emotional and hard to listen to.

In a packed Boise courtroom, Idaho attorney James Craig on Tuesday invoked macabre imagery of abortions as he defended the state’s near-total abortion ban. They’re “gruesome and barbaric medical procedures,

Testimony continued for a 5th day in an Ada County courtroom, where legal and medical experts debated the implications of Idaho's abortion bans.