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The first crisis pregnancy center was founded in the 1960s to dissuade women from seeking abortions through free religio...
06/03/2026

The first crisis pregnancy center was founded in the 1960s to dissuade women from seeking abortions through free religious counseling and needed material items. CPCs have since proliferated, and today offer limited medical services including ultrasounds and STI testing in addition to spiritual counseling, parenting classes, and material support. Structured as religious 501(c)3 non-profits that continue to offer these services for free, CPCs are able to skirt state licensing requirements, freely provide false and misleading information, and obscure funding sources.

As Bonner General Hospital struggles to recruit OBGYNs, and many Bonner and Boundary County residents live at least 1.5 hours from OB care, Sandpoint's local CPC, 7B Care Clinic, is planning to expand its office and bring in an OB regularly from Newport, WA.

While we don't know what 7B Care Clinic-affiliated services from a licensed provider will look like, the CPC is hosting a town hall titled Care Close to Home TOMORROW. Please join if you are able:

Care Close to Home
Thursday, June 4 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
Calvary Chapel, Ponderay

This month marks the four-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which overturned more than 50 years of reproductive au...
06/02/2026

This month marks the four-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which overturned more than 50 years of reproductive autonomy in the United States. From January 1973 until June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade held that the 14th Amendment's due process clause provided a fundamental right to privacy, and therefore protected abortion.

As we know, the fallout from Dobbs has been swift and severe. In the states where trigger laws had been enacted, including Idaho, abortion was immediately banned. As a result, between August 2022 and December 2024, 43% of Idaho's OBGYNs moved out of state, ceased practicing, or retired.

The rural nature of Idaho has long meant that access to medical care would required lengthy travel. But the post-Dobbs physician exodus—which doesn't include the state's loss of family and other doctors—has left just 23 OBGYNs to serve nearly 600,000 Idahoans living in 37 of the 44 counties. Thanks to both wide geographic gaps in care and lawmakers friendly to the anti-abortion movement, crisis pregnancy centers are stepping in to "fill the gaps."

BOISE On June 24, the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, we're pouring one out for Roe. Join us for an evening sampling ...
05/28/2026

BOISE On June 24, the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, we're pouring one out for Roe. Join us for an evening sampling wine on Chinden Ave, conversation, Worth of a Woman, and pouring one out for the rights that our lawmakers stripped from us four years ago. Mark your calendars and stay tuned!

Join us at Pride in the Park on June 6 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ We'll be there from 11-6 so stop by and say hello! Also if you can hel...
05/22/2026

Join us at Pride in the Park on June 6 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ We'll be there from 11-6 so stop by and say hello! Also if you can help staff our table, sign up below--we'll give you everything you need, including new volunteer perks! https://na2.hubs.ly/H05H-xC0

Yes, in many ways, Sandpoint is the "perfect place" for 7B Care Clinic to expand. We have a real need for reproductive h...
05/21/2026

Yes, in many ways, Sandpoint is the "perfect place" for 7B Care Clinic to expand. We have a real need for reproductive health services here. But something that looks like comprehensive healthcare is not always the real thing.

Monday, CBS News reported on the growing role 7B Care Clinic is playing in Sandpoint, especially since Bonner General Health closed its Labor and Delivery unit and local OBGYNs left the area.

Since the closure, traffic has picked up significantly at 7B Care Clinic (formerly Life Choices Pregnancy Center and Sandpoint Crisis Pregnancy Center), and the ministry is expanding.

7B Care Clinic is affiliated with Care Net, a national network of Christian evangelical pregnancy centers. It offers free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, parenting classes, community support groups, and material resources. These offerings meet real needs.

But it's also important to note that this is not a medically licensed healthcare facility and is not required to meet the regulatory standards that apply to comprehensive reproductive healthcare clinics.

In a town with no hospital-based labor and delivery and limited reproductive healthcare, people need clear, medically accurate information. They deserve to know whether they are walking into a comprehensive healthcare setting or a ministry-first organization with an anti-abortion mission.

When faith-based organizations step into the vacuum left by collapsing medical infrastructure, that is not a one-for-one replacement, meaning we should be asking hard questions about the tradeoff: How are potential pregnancy complications diagnosed? How is patient privacy protected? Are material resources truly unconditional? And are referrals made for miscarriage, contraception, high-risk pregnancy, or abortion care?

Sandpoint needs more support for pregnant people and families. We also need medically accurate, comprehensive reproductive healthcare. Those are not always the same thing. Read more https://na2.hubs.ly/H05HfhN0

We're still reflecting on our Gender, Safety, and the Law event from a couple of weeks back. Lesson one was to be a litt...
05/14/2026

We're still reflecting on our Gender, Safety, and the Law event from a couple of weeks back. Lesson one was to be a little braver, pull up a little more for our neighbors, and most importantly, STAY if you can.

We were also joined by Dr Ericka Day, who brought a trauma therapist's perspective, and challenged us with the idea of really living out being an ally, or a safe person. Key to being a safe person is staying open minded and reserving our personal offense and trauma in order to truly support the person we're with. Because our own trauma is valid, but it's so important to take care that we're not weaponizing it to harm someone else. That means being brave enough to step in when we see someone being harmed. It also means getting clear on our personal ethics, and how we live those out to help others--which may or may not follow the letter of the law.

Did you attend at Eichardts? If so, what were your takeaways?

Much gratitude to Ericka .restorations for lending her experience to this important conversation. We are so thankful you could join us!

05/13/2026

Back by popular demand! Mark your calendar for DIVA NIGHT and start planning your glamorous look. Tix go on sale June 1. Last time, we sold out, so plan ahead!

Diva Night is a celebration of our community and with it, we’re launching our “VOTE YES” campaign in Latah County to help pass the Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act to restore and protect abortion access in Idaho.

Interested in sponsoring? Drop us a message. Individuals, orgs, and biz are all welcome at levels from $100-$1,000+

****POSTPONED 5/12**** You don't have to wait until October for our next storytelling event: Saturday we'll be in Spokan...
05/12/2026

****POSTPONED 5/12**** You don't have to wait until October for our next storytelling event: Saturday we'll be in Spokane at the Q Lounge with Speak-Easier: Bridging the Abortion Divide.

Part interview-style storytelling and part candid conversation, Speak-Easier brings diverse storytellers together--faith leaders, medical professionals, partners, parents--to speak openly about reproductive health and choice. Please join us! Tickets are free but seating is limited: reserve yours https://na2.hubs.ly/H05r-0B0

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