Life-threatening crises, frantic calls: Idaho offers glimpse of what abortion could look like under Trump

Women and doctors describe heart-wrenching decisions under what may be the US's strictest abortion ban in Idaho. Everything that's happening is a playbook for the rest of the country'

When Jennifer Adkins and her husband were considering having a second child in Idaho, they vaguely thought how the state's near-total abortion ban could affect them. But Adkins' first pregnancy had gone so smoothly, she didn't even use an epidural when she gave birth. Her next pregnancy, she expected, would be similar.

But in April 2023, 12 weeks into her second pregnancy, an ultrasound scan shattered that hope.