Tue Aug 15, 2023 – 5:16 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A group of pro-abortion educators backed by state teachers’ unions has filed a lawsuit challenging an Idaho law barring the use of taxpayer dollars to promote abortion, which they say infringes on their freedom of speech to promote abortion in the classroom.
Enacted in 2021, Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act prohibits state government entities from contracting with abortion providers or their affiliates, or public funds from being “used in any way to provide, perform, or induce an abortion; assist in the provision or performance of an abortion; promote abortion; counsel in favor of abortion; refer for abortion; or provide facilities for an abortion or for training to provide or perform an abortion.”
“Any intentional violation of the provisions of this chapter by a public officer or public employee shall be considered a misuse of public moneys punishable under section 18-5702” of the state code, the law says, which lays out fines ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 and/or imprisonment for anywhere from one to fourteen years, depending on the details of the violation.
Live Action reports that the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is
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