Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Idaho Medical Freedom Act

 A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s Medical Freedom Act, rejecting claims brought by a Boise-area child-care provider and three parents who argued the law violated their constitutional rights.

U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford granted a motion to dismiss in Le Soleil Child Care LLC v. Labrador, a case challenging a 2025 Idaho law that bars businesses, schools and government entities from denying services, employment or access to public facilities based on certain medical decisions made by an individual or a parent for a child.

The plaintiffs had sought to block enforcement of the law, arguing that it interfered with the daycare’s ability to set health-related policies and with parents’ ability to choose a child-care provider consistent with their preferences.

Brailsford rejected the plaintiffs’ due-process and vagueness arguments, as well as claims that the law infringed on parental rights or protected expressive activity under the First Amendment.

The dispute centered in part on whether a child-care provider could refuse enrollment to children whose parents declined certain medical interventions, including vaccinations.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador defended the law and said the ruling preserves parents’ authority over medical decisions for their children.

“Parents make medical decisions for their children. A daycare does not,” Labrador said.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act was signed into law by Gov. Brad Little in April 2025. The statute generally prohibits covered entities from discriminating against people based on medical decisions while allowing businesses to express their own views about health and medical issues.

The case was filed in December 2025 in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

By: Montana Newsroom Wire