Agency: ID

Silencing Science Tracker

Agency: ID

2018-03-20 Medical Science Misrepresented by Idaho Abortion Bill ID, State Bias and Misrepresentation

A bill that would require doctors to tell patients that medication abortions can be reversed was passed by the Idaho legislature. Opponents point to the lack of scientific evidence and clinical studies in support of this treatment.

2018-02 Discussion of Fossil Fuel Impacts Removed from Draft Idaho Education Standards ID, State Interference with Education Climate

The Idaho House of Representatives Education Committee voted to remove references to the climate impacts of fossil fuel use from proposed science education standards.

2017-02 References to “Climate Change” Removed from Idaho Science Education Standards ID, State Government Censorship, Interference with Education Climate

The Idaho House of Representatives Education Committee voted to remove references to “climate change” from draft science education standards.

2017-01 Scientist Fired from Black Hawk College ID, State Interference with Education, Personnel Changes Other

Black Hawk College announced it would lay-off several faculty members, including a professor of geology, due to a lack of state funding.