Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law
Source: Associated Press
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits.
Idaho last month had become the first state to enact legislation modeled after the Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks. The ruling from Idahos high court in a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood means the new law wont go into effect as planned on April 22.
Republican Gov. Brad Little signed into law the measure that wouldve allowed people who would have been family members to sue doctors who perform abortions after cardiac activity is detected in embryos. But when he signed it, Little said he had concerns about whether the law was constitutional.
The law would allow the father, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles of a preborn child to each sue an abortion provider for a minimum of $20,000 in damages within four years after the abortion. Rapists cant file a lawsuit under the law, but a rapists relatives could.
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