ID Opinion 91-1 1991-02-01

What does Idaho AG Opinion 91-1 (state's compelling interest in protecting potential human life from fetal drug abuse) say?

Short answer: Idaho AG Opinion 91-1 (Feb. 1, 1991) addressed the state's compelling interest in protecting potential human life from fetal drug abuse against a woman's privacy interest. Full text is unavailable from the official Idaho AG website (the API points to a broken PDF link).

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Subject

Opinion 91-1

State's compelling interest in protecting potential human life from fetal drug abuse will override woman's interest in personal privacy and permit some degree of state intervention.

Source

Landing page: https://www.ag.idaho.gov/office-resources/opinions/
Original PDF: https://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2018/04/OP91-02.pdf (note: the AG site lists this URL for 91-1 but it actually serves 91-2's PDF; the genuine 91-1 PDF is missing upstream)

Original opinion text

Full opinion text unavailable from the official source. The Idaho AG WP REST API returns a broken PDF link for Opinion 91-1 (its location field points to OP91-02.pdf, which is the text of a separate opinion on retroactive tax legislation). The actual 91-1 PDF is not at the natural location on ag.idaho.gov. See BLOCKED-id-91-1-bad-pdf-link-2026-05-03.md at the repo root.