{"id":20327,"date":"2026-09-27T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=20327"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:22:09","slug":"ag-labrador-defeats-lawsuit-challenging-idahos-medical-freedom-act-protects-families-medical-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/ag-labrador-defeats-lawsuit-challenging-idahos-medical-freedom-act-protects-families-medical-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Labrador Defeats Lawsuit Challenging Idaho\u2019s Medical Freedom Act, Protects Families\u2019 Medical Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BOISE, ID \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to let a commercial daycare exclude Idaho children based on their parents\u2019 private medical decisions, delivering Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador and the State of Idaho a complete win in defense of the Idaho Medical Freedom Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford granted Attorney General Labrador\u2019s motion to dismiss in&nbsp;<em>Le Soleil Child Care v. Labrador<\/em>, rejecting every claim brought by a Boise-area daycare and three parents who asked the court to strike down the law and let daycares turn away children whose parents decline certain medical interventions like vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, signed by Governor Little in April 2025, prohibits businesses, schools, and government entities from denying a service, a job, or access to a public building because of a private medical decision a person made for themselves or their child. Businesses remain free to run their operations, and to speak their minds, on every other front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Soleil and three parents sued to strike the law down, asking a federal judge to grant the daycare a right to exclude kids based on their parents\u2019 medical decisions. Judge Brailsford rejected the daycare\u2019s due process and vagueness claims, rejected the parents\u2019 claim that the law burdens their right to raise their children, and rejected the argument that patronizing a daycare counts as protected expressive activity under the First Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cParents make medical decisions for their children. A daycare does not,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> <em>said Attorney General Labrador.<\/em> <strong><em>\u201cThe Legislature protected that choice in the Medical Freedom Act, and the court upheld it. Daycares can tell parents what they believe about vaccines and health, but they cannot turn a child away because of a parent\u2019s medical decision. That decision belongs to families, and I\u2019m pleased the court agreed.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the Court\u2019s decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ag.idaho.gov\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/024_ORDER_Memo-Decision-and-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOISE, ID \u2014&nbsp;A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to let a commercial daycare exclude Idaho children based on their parents\u2019 private medical decisions, delivering Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador and the State of Idaho a complete win in defense of the Idaho Medical Freedom Act. 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