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TexasTowelie

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Fri Mar 25, 2022, 04:32 AM Mar 2022

Gov. Little signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allowing it to be enforced through lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges.

Republican Gov. Brad Little signed into law the measure that allows people who would have been family members to sue a doctor who performs an abortion after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo. Still he said he had concerns about whether the law was constitutional.

“I stand in solidarity with all Idahoans who seek to protect the lives of preborn babies,” Little wrote in a letter to Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who is also president of the Senate.

Yet he also noted: “While I support the pro-life policy in this legislation, I fear the novel civil enforcement mechanism will in short order be proven both unconstitutional and unwise."

Read more: https://www.idahopress.com/boiseweekly/news/gov-little-signs-abortion-ban-modeled-on-texas-law/article_0850d9ae-9c60-5d6d-98ef-38ecee6ccfd9.html

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Gov. Little signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2022 OP
To "protect" an embryo that's only half an inch???? no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #1
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