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LDS Church, Catholic Diocese donate $1.3M against Idaho abortion measurePolitics

LDS Church, Catholic Diocese donate $1.3M against Idaho abortion measure

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contributed $1 million and the Catholic Diocese of Boise donated $300,000 to a political action committee opposing Idaho's Proposition 1, which would establish a constitutional right to abortion access, according to campaign finance disclosures reported by the Lewiston Tribune.

The donations make the religious organizations the largest contributors to the opposition campaign. The Church previously donated $1 million to a similar PAC opposing an abortion-rights measure in Idaho in a prior election cycle.

October 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM MT · via The Lewiston Tribune

Gambling Crackdown, Dan McLellan on Joe Rogan, Bisbee Case & More - Mormon News | Ep. 2208

Episode 2208 · October 9, 2026

For this week's Mormon News Podcast, John Dehlin and Meggan Hayes look at Apostle D. Todd Christofferson's General Conference talk on gambling, a remarkably well-timed prediction from Latter-day Saint journalist McKay Co

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