We Are Idaho Doctors Caring for Pregnant Women: Here's the Truth About Prop One 

To the Voters of Idaho: 

As the physicians and caregivers who treat Idaho families, deliver their babies, and sit at their bedsides during the most difficult moments of their lives, we feel compelled to speak plainly about the debate over Proposition One, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act. 

Deliberate, politically motivated efforts to misinform voters on this issue are wrong and dangerous. When medical facts are distorted, it puts everyone's health at risk and undermines the trusting relationship between a patient and their doctor. 

We want what is best and safest for Idaho women and families, and that is passing Proposition One. Our goal here is simple: to counter misleading rhetoric with clear medical and legal facts, so voters can make an informed choice based on reality, not fear. 

Here is the reality. Idaho's current abortion ban took effect in August 2022 and ended nearly fifty years of the standard of care we practiced in this state. It is one of the strictest bans in the nation, and it contains no exception for a mother's health or in cases of fatal fetal diagnosis. It ties our hands when a patient is clinically deteriorating, and threatens physicians with prison for exercising the medical judgment we were trained and licensed to use. 

To be completely clear about this measure’s scope: Proposition One permits abortion only up to viability. Past viability, abortion remains banned, with an exception only for rare, medically necessary emergencies – cases determined by a doctor's judgment, not a politician's guess. 

Medical intervention to preserve a mother’s health later in pregnancy typically results in early delivery: not something considered an abortion by most people, but treated as an abortion under Idaho’s current ban. Proposition One simply ensures that when these rare, devastating complications arise, doctors can act swiftly based on their best medical judgement and in consultation with their patient’s family, not lawyers. 

It’s also important to note that Proposition One retains Idaho's current parental consent laws. Current Idaho law dictates that no physician or health care professional in this state provides healthcare to a minor without a parent or guardian's permission and that will stay the same. Regardless of our personal beliefs on abortion, we can agree on this: decisions this private, this urgent, and this complex belong with a patient, her family, and the doctors trained to care for her.

We urge you to reject dangerous misinformation and support safety, clarity, and comprehensive care for Idaho women by joining us in voting YES on Proposition One. 

The signatures below, collected exclusively in Idaho, include 367 Doctors of Medicine (MD) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) residing in Ada, Adams, Bannock, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce, Teton, Twin Falls, and Valley Counties.

  1. David Abel, MD
  2. Grace Adamson, MD
  3. Melissa Agoudemos, MD
  4. Kate Aguirre, MD
  5. Shashi Ajmani, MD
  6. Nichole Aker, DO
  7. Saadia Akhtar, MD
  8. Andrew Alexander, MD
  9. Katie Allan, MD, MPP
  10. Kierney Allsop, MD
  11. Amanda Aman, MD
  12. Sarai Ambert-Pompey, MD
  13. Carla Apezzato, MD
  14. R. Burke Archibald, MD
  15. Molly Armijo, MD
  16. Todd Arndt, MD
  17. Melissa Arnold, MD
  18. Caroline Arthur, MD
  19. Ricky Axtell, MD
  20. Justin Bailey, MD
  21. Ronald Baldwin, MD
  22. Angela Bangs, MD
  23. Sarah Barker, MD
  24. Emily Barnes, MD
  25. Rob Barresi, MD
  26. Allison Bastian, MD
  27. Frank Batcha, MD
  28. Cory Bates, MD
  29. Ann Beach, MD
  30. Britta Beasley, MD
  31. Alexandra Beattie, MD
  32. Madison Beatty, MD
  33. Paul Beckett, DO
  34. Eliessa Bell, MD
  35. Lori Bennett, MD
  36. Ronald Blair, DO
  37. Kim Blewett, DO
  38. Christopher Bodle, MD
  39. Makayla Bolls, DO
  40. Rachelle Bond, DO
  41. Julia Bouchard, MD
  42. Janice Boughton, MD
  43. Zara Bowden, MD
  44. Susan Bradford, MD
  45. Kristina Brown, DO
  46. Connor Brown, MD
  47. Sophia Bruno, DO
  48. Chris Bullard, MD
  49. Kaitlin Burke, MD
  50. Todd Burt, MD
  51. Tracey Busby, MD
  52. Bronwyn Butuk, DO
  53. Jonathan Calder, MD
  54. Katie Camarata, DO
  55. Cathy Canty, MD
  56. Lucia Carbajal, MD
  57. Chelsea Carlson, MD
  58. Alicia Carrasco, MD
  59. Ashley Carvalho, MD
  60. Paula Carvalho, MD
  61. Julie Celeberti, MD
  62. Rachel Chisausky, DO
  63. Richard Christensen, MD
  64. Michelle Christopher, MD
  65. Andrea Christopher, MD, MPH
  66. Laura Coates, MD
  67. Rory Cole, MD
  68. Loren Colson, DO
  69. Jennifer Cook, MD
  70. Jaclyn Cooperrider, MD
  71. Emily Corrigan, MD
  72. Robert Crouch, DO
  73. Sarah Curtin, MD
  74. Mary Curtis, MD, PhD
  75. Brad Daines, MD
  76. Abby Davids, MD
  77. Ashley Davis, MD
  78. Ricardo Delgado, MD
  79. Angeline Devitt, MD
  80. Emily Dickerson, MD
  81. Kelly DiLorenzo, MD
  82. William Dittrich, MD
  83. Matthew DiVietro, DO
  84. Jodie Donovan, MD
  85. Amy Drumm, MD
  86. Patricia Dushku, MD
  87. Jessica Duvall, MD
  88. Jeffrey Edwards, MD
  89. Jessica Eilert, MD
  90. Alexis Ericsson, MD
  91. Linsey Etherington, MD
  92. Jessica Evans-Wall, MD
  93. Ashley Evans, MD
  94. Maria Ewings, MD
  95. Cynthia Fairfax, MD
  96. Dan Fairman, MD
  97. Isabella Farina, MD
  98. Anne Feighner, MD
  99. Erin Fennern, MD
  100. Mo Ferguson, MD
  101. Ethan Feuerborn, DO
  102. Michael Fields, MD
  103. Codi Fitzgerald, MD
  104. Emma Fitzsimmons, MD
  105. Joey Florence, MD
  106. David Fonseca, MD
  107. Alice M. Forsythe, MD
  108. Olga Fortenko, MD
  109. Nicole Fox, MD
  110. Christina Freston, DO
  111. Alexis G Bridges, DO
  112. Martin Gabica, MD
  113. Billy Galligar, MD
  114. Anjana Ganeshappa, MD
  115. Nick Garrett, DO
  116. Jennifer Garwick, MD
  117. Julie Gendler, MD
  118. Katie Gentry, MD
  119. Justin Glass, MD
  120. John Goforth, DO
  121. Marcel Goldberg, MD
  122. Brian Goltry, MD
  123. Victoria Goltry, MD
  124. Benjamin Graboyes, MD
  125. Jennifer Gray, MD
  126. Katherine Gray, MD
  127. Tanner Gronowski, DO
  128. Caitlin Gustafson, MD
  129. Amy Guzek, MD
  130. David Hall, MD
  131. Nikki Halverson, MD
  132. Heather Hammerstedt, MD
  133. Magni Hamso, MD, MPH
  134. Creighton Hardin, MD
  135. Scott Harris, MD
  136. Cynthia Hayes, MD
  137. Rachel Heneghan, MD
  138. Andreas Hennig, DO
  139. Leigh Hess, MD
  140. David A Hinchman, MD
  141. Annamarie Hofstetter, MD
  142. Brad Holbrook, MD
  143. Jennifer Holliday, MD, MPH
  144. Alejandro Homaechevarria, MD
  145. Caitlin Hopeman, MD
  146. Jordan Huttash, MD
  147. Kyle Irby, MD, FACEP
  148. Gregory Irvine, MD
  149. Shelley Jacks, MD
  150. Meghan Jankowski, MD
  151. Dawn Jennings, MD
  152. Elsbeth Jensen-Otsu, MD
  153. Julia Jensen, DO
  154. Nancy Jo Elsbury, MD
  155. Andrew Jones, MD, MBA
  156. Christie Julian, MD
  157. Vic Kadyan, MD
  158. Davis Katseanes, MD
  159. Holly Kawano, MD
  160. Kathleen Keating, DO
  161. Victoria Kent, DO
  162. Lisa Kern, MD
  163. Caitlin Kinahan, MD
  164. Victoria Kincaid, MD
  165. Aileen King, MD
  166. Dawn King, MD
  167. Patrick Kinney, MD
  168. Adam Kipp, MD
  169. Beth Kleweno, MD
  170. Kade Klippenstein, MD
  171. Randy Kloepfer, MD
  172. Allyson Komori, DO
  173. Alysse Korinek, MD
  174. Peter Kozisek, MD
  175. Janae Krahn, MD
  176. Eric Kraska, MD
  177. Michael Krug, MD
  178. Kara Kuntz, MD
  179. Helen Kuo, MD
  180. Andrea Kurz, DO
  181. Alicia Lachiondo, MD
  182. Kena Lackman, MD
  183. Bari Laskow, MD
  184. Miranda Lassar, MD
  1. Amanda Lee, DO
  2. Elsa Lee, MD
  3. Jennifer Lee, MD
  4. Jennifer Lewis, MD
  5. Craig Leymaster, MD
  6. Derek Linderman, MD
  7. Katie Lliteras, MD
  8. MaryAlice Lopez, MD
  9. S. Jessy Lorion, MD
  10. Gordon Luther, MD
  11. Julie Lyons, MD
  12. Kevin Maas, MD
  13. Tenessa MacKenzie, MD
  14. Lea MacKinnon, MD
  15. Catherine MacLean, MD
  16. Jessica Maddox, MD
  17. Michael Madison, DO
  18. Beth Malasky, MD
  19. Patricia Marciano, MD
  20. Steven Marx, MD
  21. Tyler McChane, MD
  22. Elizabeth McClennen, DO
  23. Bruce Mccomas, MD
  24. Mark McConnell, MD
  25. Erin McCoy, MD
  26. Brenna McCrummen, MD
  27. Edward McEachern, MD
  28. Katrina McKellips, DO
  29. Richard McLandress, MD
  30. Mark Meier, MD
  31. Rhiana Menen, MD
  32. Jennifer Merchant, MD
  33. Mark Mering, MD
  34. Calvin Miller, MD
  35. Jonathan Miller, MD
  36. Katherine Miller, MD
  37. Haley Minnehan, MD
  38. John Mitchell, MD
  39. Jake Momberger, MD
  40. Paul Montgomery, MD
  41. Jessica Morales, DO
  42. Tracy Morgan, MD
  43. Michael Morris, MD
  44. Lesa Morrison, MD
  45. Lucinda Leigh Morse, MD
  46. Sandy Mudge, MD
  47. Alejandro Necochea, MD
  48. Aurelia Nelson, MD
  49. Heather Nichols, MD
  50. Katherine Nicolich, DO
  51. Sogol Nowbar, MD
  52. Margaret Lee Nunley, MD
  53. Jamie O'Neill, MD
  54. Danielle Orchard, MD
  55. Patrick Osterkamp, MD
  56. Rebecca Osterkamp, MD
  57. Daniel Ostermiller, MD
  58. Deborah Owen, MD
  59. Martha Pacheco, MD
  60. Bryn Parker, MD
  61. Lisa Parrillo, MD
  62. W. Patrick Knibbe, MD
  63. Elizabeth Peacock, MD
  64. Joseph Pendleton, MD
  65. Jeffrey Pennings, DO
  66. Kelly Pennings, DO
  67. Carissa Pereda, MD
  68. Misa Perron-Burdick, MD
  69. David Peterman, MD, Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
  70. Wesley Pidcock, DO
  71. Elaine Pigman, MD
  72. Anne Poinier, MD
  73. Benjamin Powers, MD
  74. Daniel Preucil, MD
  75. Jennifer Preucil, MD
  76. JP Prouty, MD
  77. Crystal Pyrak, MD
  78. Heather Quinn, MD
  79. Gail Rankin, MD
  80. Mark Rasmus, MD
  81. Kathryn Reese, MD
  82. Matthew Renner, MD
  83. Eric Rich, MD
  84. Bronwyn Richards, MD
  85. Janeen Richins, MD
  86. Deborah Robertson, MD
  87. Jeb Rodgers, MD
  88. Jessica Rolynn, MD
  89. Deb Roman, DO
  90. Melissa Roop, MD
  91. Clay Roscoe, MD
  92. Elizabeth Rulon, MD
  93. Anthony Russo, MD
  94. Jessica Sallstrom, MD
  95. Adam Saperston, MD
  96. Kara Saperston, MD
  97. Celina Sarkes, MD
  98. David Sasso, MD
  99. Jason Saunders, MD
  100. Robin Sautter, MD
  101. Katie Scanlan, MD
  102. Liz Schackmann, MD
  103. Christopher Scholes, MD
  104. Eric Schollten, MD
  105. Eli Schriever, DO
  106. Stacy Seyb, MD
  107. Brenna Shackelford, MD
  108. Alexis Shanahan, MD
  109. Carole Shelley, MD
  110. Colleen Sholar, DO
  111. Jami Silflow, DO
  112. Taylor Simmons, MD
  113. Jason Slade, MD
  114. Jason Slade, MD
  115. Lawrence Sladich, MD
  116. Cristin Slater, MD
  117. Christy Smith, MD
  118. Justin Smith, MD
  119. Carla Smith, MD, PhD
  120. Neeraj Soni, MD
  121. James Souza, MD
  122. Craig Spencer, MD
  123. Sarah Staller, MD
  124. Chelsea Stevenson, MD
  125. Amanda Stinger, MD
  126. Nicole Augusta Stivers, MD
  127. Kyrsten Stoops, MD
  128. Brian Story, MD
  129. Gretchen Stumhofer, MD
  130. Kimberly Stutzman, MD
  131. Cara Sullivan, MD
  132. Kathleen Sutherland, MD
  133. Elizabeth Swanson, DO
  134. Diana Swett, MD
  135. Sara Swoboda, MD
  136. Alex Tanabe, MD
  137. Kimberly Tanabe, MD
  138. Amber Taylor, MD
  139. Benedict Taylor, MD
  140. Laura Tedrick, MD
  141. Robert Ting, MD
  142. Laura Tirrell, MD
  143. Kyle Tobler, MD
  144. Roger Turcotte, MD
  145. Amber Turner, DO
  146. Taylor Turner, MD
  147. Peggie U, MD
  148. Renee Umbdenstock, MD
  149. Becky Uranga, MD
  150. Mark Uranga, MD
  151. Bailey Vail, MD
  152. Cortney Vandenburgh, DO
  153. Caroline Vargason, MD
  154. Farah Vega, MD
  155. Sarah Vlach, MD
  156. Maggie Vuturo, MD
  157. Izak Walker, MD
  158. Michael Walton, MD
  159. Jess Wasielewski, MD
  160. Joseph Waters, MD
  161. Wilfred Watkins, MD
  162. Theresa Weiland, DO
  163. Patrick Weis, MD
  164. Ann Weiss, MD
  165. Edith Welty, MD
  166. Julie Welty, MD
  167. William Weppner, MD
  168. John Michael Werdel, MD
  169. Darin Weyhrich, MD
  170. Laramie Wheeler, DO
  171. Seth Wheeler, MD
  172. Tara Whitaker, MD
  173. John Williams, MD
  174. Martha Wilson, MD
  175. Matthew Wilson, MD
  176. Sara Wilson, MD
  177. Matthew Wolter, DO
  178. Noreen Womack, MD
  179. David Wood, MD
  180. Travis Worwood, PA
  181. David Wyler, DO
  182. Phyllis You, MD
  183. Dan Zuckerman, MD
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