A federal appeals court has ruled that Idaho can enforce its abortion travel ban, which prohibits minors from traveling out of state for abortions without parental consent. The decision Monday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2023 decision that had blocked the law on First Amendment grounds.

An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.

Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law aimed at preventing adults from “transporting” minors out of state to get abortions without parental consent can be enforced, after a panel of judges on a federal appeals court reinstated it this week.