S1234 requires health benefit plans to cover a six-month supply of prescription contraceptives.
The Senate passed S1234 on February 8, 2024, by a vote of 19 to 16. We have assigned pluses to the nays because hormonal birth control drugs and devices, particularly high-dose ‘morning-after’ pills, can and do prevent uterine implantation of developing preborn children, causing them to function not only as “contraceptives,” but also as abortifacients, thereby resulting in ‘silent abortions.’ Given that the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government, Idaho ought to forbid abortion and other grotesque methods of population control entirely, upholding the sanctity of life for every person. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.