Physicians and community members working together to ensure safe health care for Idahoans.

Our mission is to ensure Idahoans have safe, legal, and equitable access to evidence-based medical care, that physicians and healthcare professionals are able to provide accepted standards of care, and that healthcare decisions made within a patient-provider relationship are honored and preserved.

Coalition Pillars

  • Protect the Doctor/Patient Relationship

    Protect the patient-clinician relationship by keeping medical decision-making free from interference.

  • Recruit and Retain Health Care Professionals

    Ensure Idaho has strong recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals by fostering a legal and community environment where evidence-based healthcare and healthcare professionals' knowledge and experience are valued.

  • Education Opportunities on Policy Impacts for Health Care Professionals

    Educate physicians and healthcare professionals, elected officials, courts and Idaho citizens about adverse health outcomes that can result from criminalization of healthcare.

  • Protect Health Care Professionals from Criminalization

    Ensure physicians and healthcare professionals are safe from risk of prosecution or legal-challenges when providing appropriate and accepted standards of care.

  • Serve as Health Care Experts to Policy Makers

    Serve as consultants for any future legislation related to health care to ensure such legislation is congruent with the principles of medical ethics, standards of medical practice, and preserves the patient-clinician relationship.

Impact of Legislation

Read the 2023 Physician Retention Survery we hosted to learn more about the harms resulting from the criminalization of medical care.

Advocacy Updates

The ICSH has been vocal in advocating for evidence-based care and health equity in Idaho.

Provider and Community Involvement

You can help! We welcome support from health care providers and community members.

“Health care providers plan to leave Idaho as a direct result of the restrictions placed on access to safe reproductive health care in Idaho…if Legislators don’t act soon to modify the abortion laws, the delivery of care across Idaho may be damaged to a point beyond repair for years to come. ”

— Physician survey conducted by the ICSH

Make a donation

A gift of any size can make a difference in helping support the provision of ethical, evidence-based care in Idaho. You may donate online or by mailing a check to the address below.