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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 03:46 AM Mar 2023

Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion

Idaho already has some of the most extreme abortion restrictions on the books, with nearly all abortions banned in the state and an affirmative defense law that essentially asserts any doctor who provides an abortion is guilty until proven innocent. And now Idaho Republicans have set their sights on hindering certain residents from traveling out of state to get an abortion.

House Bill 242, which passed through the state House and is likely to move quickly through the Senate, seeks to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. The legislation would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which is defined in the bill as an “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” for the minor. “Recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor within this state commits the crime of abortion trafficking,” the legislation adds.

Abortion trafficking would be a felony, and those found guilty would face two to five years in prison. The legislation also includes a statute allowing the Idaho attorney general to supersede any local prosecutor’s decision, preemptively thwarting any prosecutor who vows not to enforce such an extreme law.

Since the bill would criminalize anyone transporting a pregnant minor within the state to get an abortion or to obtain medication abortion, it could apply to an aunt who drives a pregnant minor to the post office to pick up a package that includes abortion pills. Or it could target an older sibling who drives a pregnant minor to a friend’s house to self-manage an abortion at home. Either violation would carry a minimum sentence of two years in prison.




https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-bill-trafficking-travel_n_641b62c3e4b00c3e6077c80b

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Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
Another crazy radical Idaho thread in Latest Threads in such a short time progree Mar 2023 #1
They are pretty extreme up there, Haggard Celine Mar 2023 #2
Like this: betsuni Mar 2023 #3
Wouldn't this law violate the Commerce Clause in Article 1? AZ8theist Mar 2023 #4
Yes elleng Mar 2023 #5
Ok. Good. 2024 is coming, and RW authoritarian extremism is its own biggest threat. Hortensis Mar 2023 #6
Interesting about Idaho Buckeyeblue Mar 2023 #7
Just how would they enforce this "law?" Archae Mar 2023 #8
My thoughts too? Emile Mar 2023 #10
Fascist countries rely on informants to enforce draconian restrictive laws. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #11
Exactly treestar Mar 2023 #14
correct me E. Normus Mar 2023 #9
Apparently freedom to travel within the US is a quaint, old fashioned notion. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #12
Oh, that only applies to Americans who matter. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #13
Nothing to see here... The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #15

progree

(10,864 posts)
1. Another crazy radical Idaho thread in Latest Threads in such a short time
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 03:56 AM
Mar 2023

Idaho passes law letting students sue for "emotional harm" if they see a trans kid in the restroom
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217769144

Haggard Celine

(16,820 posts)
2. They are pretty extreme up there,
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 03:58 AM
Mar 2023

and coming from a person in Mississippi, that's really saying a lot. It's like the whole state has turned into Ruby Ridge. We've got to expand the SCOTUS and get these freaks out of power before they really get going.

betsuni

(25,138 posts)
3. Like this:
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 04:10 AM
Mar 2023


But too many idiots think both sides are the same so I'm not voting or other idiotic reasons.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Ok. Good. 2024 is coming, and RW authoritarian extremism is its own biggest threat.
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 04:36 AM
Mar 2023

We can't afford to lose this one, and the more they show themselves for what they are ahead of the elections, the better.

Because the more aware and afraid those who are currently oblivious, uncaring, denying, or supportive become, the better. While they can still save themselves by joining us to vote no.

Buckeyeblue

(5,491 posts)
7. Interesting about Idaho
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 06:08 AM
Mar 2023

-Idaho has grown 21% since 2010
-Idaho Hispanic population has grown but it is still 80% white
-Just under 30% of the population has college degrees
-Average household income is about $29,000 (this seems to be well below the national average)

Irish_Dem

(45,654 posts)
11. Fascist countries rely on informants to enforce draconian restrictive laws.
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 09:03 AM
Mar 2023

Idaho could reward informants with a bounty fee or other goodie.

In China it would mean a better job or apartment, etc.

E. Normus

(74 posts)
9. correct me
Wed Mar 29, 2023, 06:44 AM
Mar 2023

if I'm wrong, but isn't the right to move about freely a benchmark of what is considered to be a free country?

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