Tag: Idaho

9th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts partial stay on aspects of Idaho protective abortion law

By Dave Andrusko A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Thursday that granted Idaho officials’ request to put the injunction against aspects of the state’s very protective abortion law on hold while the state appeals U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill’s ruling. The law protects unborn babies from abortion except for …

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Idaho is the first state to make abortion trafficking of minors illegal.

On April 5, 2023, Governor Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor girls in the state of Idaho. HB 242 makes it illegal for an adult to transport a pregnant minor within the state of Idaho for the purpose of obtaining an abortion with the intent to conceal the abortion from the …

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The Truth About Idaho’s Parental Consent Law and the Law Preventing the Abortion Trafficking of Minors

Legal Challenge to the Law Could Leave Idaho’s Daughters Vulnerable to Sexual Predators WASHINGTON – In April, Governor Brad Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor daughters in the state of Idaho. Idaho’s HB 242 prevents an abortion—whether surgical or procured using abortion drugs—from being performed on a minor without the knowledge …

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First of a Kind Idaho Abortion Trafficking Law – What the Law Does and Does Not Do

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Federal Legislative Director, National Right to Life Editor’s note. The law has since been challenged in court but that was to be expected. This was originally published in Sebastian’s Point by the Society of St. Sebastian. On April 5, 2023, Governor Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor girls in …

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PBS’s Abortion-Beat Reporter Pushes Fear: ‘Very Extremist Christian Language’

By Clay Waters PBS’s post-Dobbs abortion coverage has been all one-way: No celebration of saving babies or showing respect for the culture of life. Instead, the focus has been 100% on lost opportunities to abort, with the hardest cases nationwide reliably rounded up and presented as commonplace, leaning on the alleged horrors occurring in red states that …

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State ban on partial-birth abortion sent to Idaho Gov. for signature

By Dave Andrusko Last month, NRL Director of State Legislation Ingrid Duran wrote a first-rate update for NRL News of state legislation. She mentioned that “Idaho passed a state partial-birth abortion ban in their Senate State Affairs Committee. Partial-Birth Abortions are a horrific type of abortions typically performed late in pregnancy that deliver an unborn …

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Bill to enact state ban on partial-birth abortion passes Idaho Senate, a vote is anticipated Friday in the full House

By Dave Andrusko A bill to ban partial-birth abortions in Idaho has passed both the state Senate (29-6) and a committee in the state House (12-3). The anticipation is the full House will vote on SB 1049 tomorrow. Pro-abortion Democrats insisted the law was unnecessary and that partial-birth abortions are already banned in Idaho. However …

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Planned Parenthood challenges Idaho’s abortion complications reporting act

By Dave Andrusko Among the achievements of Right to Life of Idaho in the 2018 session were passage of Abortion Pill Reversal Informed Consent (SB 1243), and Reporting of Abortion Complications into law (HB 638). According to Kerry Uhlenkott, Legislative Coordinator, Right to Life of Idaho, HB 638, which went into effect July 1, “expands …

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A summary of 2018 Pro-Life successes in the Idaho Legislature

By Kerry Uhlenkott, Legislative Coordinator, Right to Life of Idaho You may have already read that Gov. Butch Otter signed both SB 1243 Abortion Pill Reversal Informed Consent and HB 638 Reporting of Abortion Complications into law. Both of these laws will go into effect on July 1. We can be very proud of Gov. …

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Idaho Gov. Otter signs Abortion Pill Reversal Bill

By Dave Andrusko When Gov. Butch Otter signed SB 1243 into law on Tuesday, Idaho joined Utah, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Arizona in updating their informed consent packet so that women will know they may change their mind about a chemical abortion half-way through the two-drug technique—the Abortion Pill Reversal. Chemical abortions account for almost …

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CASE DISMISSED: Judge Sends Planned Parenthood Packing on Frivolous Lawsuit vs. Pro-Life Group

By Jay Hobbs To Brandi Swindell, one picture in particular is worth a bit more than a thousand words. After all, it just took one picture to turn back a nagging lawsuit Planned Parenthood had filed against her life-saving group. Swindell, CEO of Stanton Healthcare, was in the middle of a four-hour deposition in late January, …

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Idaho’s Abortion Reversal bill to be heard in House March 7

Already passed in Senate By Dave Andrusko An update on Idaho’s Abortion Pill Reversal Informed Consent Legislation. After passing the Senate State Affairs Committee 7 to 2 and the full 35-member Senate 29-6, S1243 is scheduled for a hearing in the House State Affairs on March 7. The bill would “modify Idaho’s informed consent packets …

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