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Associated Press
BY REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — A regional Planned
Parenthood organization is suing
Idaho over its “trigger law” abortion
ban, contending the ban violates Idaho
residents’ rights under the state Consti-
tution and that it is so vague that phy-
sicians will not know when they can
legally help patients who are miscarry-
ing or facing medical emergencies.
Dr. Caitlin Gustafson, an abortion
provider, joined with Planned Par-
enthood Great Northwest, Hawaii,
Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky in the law-
suit filed in the Idaho Supreme Court
on Monday. The Planned Parenthood
organization operates two reproduc-
tive health care clinics in Idaho and is
in the process of opening another just
over the Oregon border in Ontario.
“It is abhorrent that we have now en-
tered an era where the delivery of safe
essential health care will be criminal-
ized,” Gustafson said in a news release.
“Physicians take an oath to provide the
care patients need to keep them safe,
so we cannot stand by while the gov-
ernment intrudes on this deeply per-
sonal and complex medical decision.”
The Idaho law, passed in 2020,
Kai Eiselein/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP,
file
Anti-abortion and abortion-rights pro-
testers gather across from each other for
rallies Jan. 20, 2018, in Moscow, Idaho.
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit to
stop an Idaho law that makes providing
an abortion a felony.
makes it a felony punishable by up to
five years in prison for anyone to per-
form or attempt to perform an abor-
tion. The law says health care provid-
ers can attempt to defend themselves
against criminal charges by saying that
the abortion was necessary to prevent
the death of the pregnant person, or
that the pregnant person showed them
a police report alleging rape or incest.
The law also requires physicians to use
the medical method that provides the
“best opportunity for the unborn child
to survive.”
Specifically, Idaho’s trigger law re-
quires a judgment from the U.S. Su-
preme Court, which follows the court’s
Friday opinion and allows time to al-
low requests for a potential rehearing.
It’s not clear when the court will issue
its judgment, but it’s expected fairly
soon, starting the clock on Idaho’s trig-
ger law.
Planned Parenthood is asking the
state’s highest court to put the case on a
fast track so that it can hear arguments
and issue a decision before mid-Au-
gust.
The Idaho Attorney General’s Of-
fice did not immediately respond to a
request for comment. Idaho Attorney
General Lawrence Wasden generally
declines to comment on pending liti-
gation.
Earlier this year Planned Parent-
hood and Gustafson filed a separate
lawsuit over another Idaho anti-abor-
tion law that allows potential relatives
of the fetus or embryo to sue medical
providers who perform an abortion.
That law is on hold while the lawsuit
works through the Idaho Supreme
Court, and a hearing in the case is
scheduled for August.
TROUTDALE — State transporta-
tion officials closed Interstate 84 for
hours Monday between Troutdale
and The Dalles along the Columbia
River because of a crash that resulted
in a fire and fuel spill.
The Oregon Department of Trans-
portation said the incident, which
occurred about 7 a.m. near the Bon-
neville Dam, included a semitruck
hauling a crane boom and a flatbed
trailer that crashed into the median
barrier and spilled some 200 gallons
of fuel, oil and antifreeze.
Eastbound lanes of I-84 reopened
before 3 p.m., and the westbound
lanes before 4 p.m.
The crash moved median barri-
ers into the other lanes, which had to
be resituated with heavy equipment,
transportation officials said. In addi-
tion, crews cleaned up fuel and debris
that spread across all lanes, which
was shown in photos posted on Twit-
ter by transportation officials.
Transportation crews will continue
to make minor road repairs in the
area in the coming days. It was un-
clear if there were any environmental
effects from the fuel, oil and anti-
freeze spill.
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Planned Parenthood sues Idaho Crash closes I-84
over ‘trigger law’ abortion ban for about 8 hours
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COVID-19 community
levels for Central Oregon
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention mon-
itors community levels of
COVID-19 to help commu-
nities decide what preven-
tion steps to take based on
the latest data. Levels can be
low, medium or high and are
determined by looking at hos-
pital beds being used, hospital
admissions and the total num-
ber of new COVID-19 cases
in an area.
Nine Oregon counties have
reached high levels of COVID
community spread.
The CDC listed the follow-
ing levels for Central Oregon:
Deschutes County: Me-
dium
Crook County: Medium
Jefferson County: Medium
Precautions the CDC rec-
ommends for communities
with low levels:
• Stay up to date with
COVID-19 vaccines.
• Get tested if you have
symptoms.
Additional precautions for
communities with medium
levels:
• If you are at high risk for
severe illness, talk to your
health care provider about
whether you need to wear a
mask and take other precau-
tions.
Forum to address Central
Oregon transportation
A community forum next
month will focus on the future
of Central Oregon’s transpor-
tation system.
The City Club of Central
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Ian Isaacson, Bend Park & Recreation District landscape architect,
takes notes June 15 while calculating the amount of water used
during each cycle of the sprayground feature at the Alpenglow Com-
munity Park, which is scheduled for a grand opening July 15. Isaa-
cson said after water has circulated though the water feature it is
reclaimed and diverted to irrigate vegetation in swales in the park’s
main parking lot.
Oregon will host the forum
July 14 at the Riverhouse on
the Deschutes in Bend and
online, starting at 11:30 a.m.
Speakers are set to include
Russ Grayson, Bend’s assistant
city manager; Andrea Breault,
the transportation director
of East Cascades Transit; and
moderator Mike Riley, execu-
tive director of The Environ-
mental Center.
The speakers will share up-
dates on Bend’s 20-year trans-
portation plan and review
upcoming state and federal
funding opportunities. They’ll
also discuss how the region
can prepare for the transpor-
tation options of the future,
including bike and pedestrian
access, increasing transit and
accommodations for electric
vehicles.
Registration is available on
the City Club’s website at city-
clubco.org.
Alpenglow Community
Park opens to the public
Bend Park & Recreation
District has unveiled its new-
est park, the 37-acre Alpen-
glow Park in southeast Bend.
A celebration to mark the
park’s completion is scheduled
for July 15.
Located at 61049 SE 15th
St., the park will serve one of
Bend’s fastest-growing neigh-
borhoods, an area of new-
ly-built housing developments
near Caldera High School.
The July 15 event, sched-
uled for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. is free
to enter and will include enter-
tainment and demonstrations
Eight-hour standoff ends
in police, SWAT team
arresting La Pine man
A man who barricaded
himself in a house was ar-
rested on Sunday after an
eight-hour standoff with po-
lice and a local SWAT team,
according to a press release
from the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office.
Kelly Lee Clark, 42, of La
Pine, faces a slew of charges,
including second-degree as-
sault, first-degree burglary,
possessing a weapon as a con-
victed felon and menacing.
Police responded to the
16000 block of Sparks Drive
in La Pine at 4:30 p.m. after
receiving a report of a re-
straining order violation on
the property. Clark fled inside
a home and barricaded him-
self inside, police reported,
prompting a response from
the Deschutes County Sher-
iff’s Office SWAT team.
Earlier that day, Clark had
assaulted and pointed a gun
at another man who had been
at the home, police reported.
The SWAT team spent eight
hours trying to contact Clark
before arresting him after
midnight and booking him in
the county jail.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office said the inves-
tigation is ongoing.
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of the park amenities.
Alpenglow includes an
open lawn area, a bouldering
area, a playground, an event
pavilion, off-leash areas for
dogs, and 2.2 miles of multi-
ple-use pathways. A demon-
stration garden is also planned
for the park. The park also
features a much-anticipated
“sprayground,” a play area
where water shoots up from
the pavement.
The soft opening for the
park has allowed Bend resi-
dents to explore most areas
of the park, although some
portions of the park have yet
to open, including the play-
ground, which is expected to
open next week.
The property for the park
was acquired in 2014 with
funds from a 2012 voter-ap-
proved bond measure. The
37-acre parcel was purchased
from the J.L. Ward family for
$3.77 million.
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