BOISE, Idaho – For a second time, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho dismissed a lawsuit by The Satanic Temple against an Idaho law largely banning abortion.

The lawsuit, which began in 2022 in response to Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which made most cases of abortion a crime , was dismissed by the U.S. District court in 2024, appealed by The Satanic Temple, and .

However, the Ninth Circuit Court’s dismissal included a request to the District Court to determine whether or not the Satanic Temple would have the chance to amend and re-submit its lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge David C. Nye, who wrote the original dismissal, doubled down on his previous dismissal and declared that the lawsuit would not be allowed the possibility for amendments because “TST’s claims

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