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Idaho becomes the first state to pass a restrictive anti-abortion law similar to Texas

2022-03-15T13:18:25.126Z


A handful of states have introduced legislation similar to Texas's, but Idaho's version has gone further.


By Keith Ridler

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho—Idaho on Monday became the first state to pass abortion legislation following the restrictive Texas model, which bans abortion after six weeks and allows individuals to sue a clinic or anyone involved in the process. after the limit.

The House of Representatives approved the rule with 51 votes in favor and 14 against, without the support of Democrats, to pass the legislation modeled after a Texas law that the Supreme Court of the United States has allowed to remain in force until decide a judicial challenge.

[Arizona bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy]

“This bill ensures that the people of Idaho can stand up for their values ​​and do everything in their power to prevent the wanton destruction of innocent human life,” Republican Rep. Steven Harris, the bill's sponsor, said after the vote.

The measure has already passed the Senate and is now headed to the table of Republican Gov. Brad Little.

Marissa Morrison, a spokeswoman for Little, clarified Monday that the president had not seen the bill and would not comment on pending legislation.

A room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state that offers abortions. Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/TNS/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Jennifer M. Allen, CEO of the Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, a nonprofit group that works in Idaho and five other states, urged him to reject it.

"Governor Little must do the right thing, listen to the medical community and veto this legislation before it forces Idaho patients out of state for critical and urgent care or become pregnant against their will," he said in a statement. release.

But Little signed a similar "fetal heartbeat" measure last year.

That included a trigger provision that required a favorable judgment from a federal court somewhere in the country, and that hasn't happened.

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Idaho's latest measure allows the father, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles of a "premature child" to sue an abortion provider for a minimum of $20,000 in damages over four years to abortion.

Harris noted that this is a much smaller group of people than is entitled to sue under Texas law.

That was part of the legal strategy of the promoters of the bill, he said.

"We thought that would better withstand any (judicial) challenge," she said.

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Opponents of the Idaho legislation say it is unconstitutional, and that six weeks is before many women know they are pregnant.

The legislation prevents rapists from suing, but relatives of a rapist could sue under the proposed law, Harris acknowledged.

"The vigilante aspect of this bill is absurd," lamented Democratic Rep. Lauren Necochea.

"Its impacts are cruel, and it is blatantly unconstitutional," she added.

[Abortions in Texas decrease by 60% after the entry into force of its new law]

Necochea said the country is at a "crisis point" for reproductive rights.

“And this legislation is part of the plan to completely restrict, take away almost all access to abortion care for really any reason in Idaho,” he explained.

A handful of states have introduced similar legislation copying the Texas law, but Idaho's version has gone further.

Idaho already has another abortion law -- signed by Little -- that would go into effect if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared abortion rights nationwide.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority after three appointments by former President Donald Trump.

If activated, the Idaho law passed in 2020 would ban all abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.

That law would take effect in Idaho 30 days after the Supreme Court's decision.

Source: telemundo

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