Idaho governor signs 'abortion trafficking' bill into law
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legal limits on abortion-related travel are the focus of a new law and a new lawsuit in Idaho, with Gov. Brad Little signing a bill Wednesday that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legal limits on abortion-related travel are the focus of a new law and a new lawsuit in Idaho, with Gov. Brad Little signing a bill Wednesday that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent.
The law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and creates a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” barring adults from obtaining abortion pills for a minor or “recruiting, harboring or transporting the pregnant minor” without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian.
Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a first-of-its-kind law banning “abortion trafficking” Wednesday, according to the legislation. The new law, formerly House Bill 242, defines “abortion trafficking” […]
Idaho is trying to prevent girls and women from traveling out of state for abortions, with a new ban on "abortion trafficking" and prohibitions on referring women across state lines.
Helping a minor travel to another state for an abortion, without parental consent, will be a felony in Idaho next month, barring a successful court challenge.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed a bill into law that bans adults from helping minors cross state lines to receive an abortion without the parents’ consent. Under the law, any adults who helps a minor obtain an abortion pill or a surgical procedure within Idaho or across state lines commit…
The first-of-its-kind law imposes criminal penalties on anyone who helps a person under 18 leave the state for an abortion and classifies it as “abortion trafficking.”
(Idaho Statesman) — Helping a minor travel to another state for an abortion, without parental consent, will be a felony in Idaho next month, barring a successful court challenge. Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed House Bill 242.
