Tue Apr 11, 2023 – 6:25 pm EDTTue Apr 11, 2023 – 6:55 pm EDT
BOISE, Idaho (LifeSiteNews) – Republican Gov. Brad Little signed into law a new measure making it a crime in Idaho to take a minor across state lines to receive an abortion without parental consent, which is expected to help counteract abortion activists’ efforts to circumvent state pro-life laws.
The Washington Examiner reported that the new law establishes the “crime of abortion trafficking,” under which any “adult who, with the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” will face up to five years in prison.
“It’s already illegal to get an abortion here in the state of Idaho,” Republican state Rep. Barbara Ehardt said. “So, it would be taking that child across the border, and if that happens without the permission of the parent, that’s where we’ll be able to hold accountable those that would subvert a parent’s right.”
Last August, the Idaho Supreme Court allowed the state to enforce its 2020 “trigger law” banning all abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or threats
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