‘Unconstitutional’: Idaho parents, day care sue over Medical Freedom Act

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BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — A Boise-based day care sued in December over the Idaho Medical Freedom Act, a controversial 2025 law that lawyers argued won’t let the facility send sick kids home or require vaccines.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, signed by Gov. Brad Little on the last day of the 2025 legislative session, prevents schools, businesses and day cares from mandating medical interventions as a condition of employment, attendance or providing services. But the law gives private and parochial schools the ability to send kids home if they are sick…

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