Eye On Boise

Kren proposes race, sex abortion ban

Posted by Betsy

March 18, 2010 8:32 a.m. • 6 comments

Rep. Steve Kren, R-Nampa, presented legislation to the House State Affairs Committee this morning to ban abortions for reasons of gender or race; the committee voted 12-5 along party lines to introduce the bill, though several members raised questions about the wording and legal implications of the bill. Rep. Anne Pasley-Stuart, D-Boise, asked Kren if he has an attorney general’s opinion of his bill; he said no, but that if it were introduced, he’d seek one. “This is some legislation that was brought to us by a gentleman out of the Eagle area, and this is something we wanted to discuss,” Kren told the committee. “Is this a problem? Is this something we want to have as a preventive statute, to protect the unborn from abortion by race or sex?”

Six comments on this post so far. Add yours!

scootermom on March 18 at 9:06 a.m.
Please set the budgets and go home.

You’re only looking silly now.
BobEly on March 18 at 9:16 a.m.
scootermom, I agree. They are now talking out of both sides of their mouths. So, let’s do it this way:

LEGISLATORS, PLEASE GO HOME!
WildWest on March 18 at 10:52 a.m.
Conservatism has nothing left to offer everyday Idahoans….!
bpoole on March 18 at 1:39 p.m.
They need some time away from the Capital.
marymckercher on March 18 at 2:22 p.m.
This is crazy…I have a friend who’s husband carries the gene for hemophillia (a bleeding disorder passed through the Y chromosone) She had all of her PG checked to make sure she was carrying girls so that she and her family did not have to go through that. Under this law she would be convicted. STUPID BILL, STUPID ELECTION YEAR POLITICS
florined on March 18 at 3:19 p.m.
Don’t you understand? There’s no real concern about abortions for race or gender. The point is to pass as much anti-abortion legislation as they can get through in the hopes that eventually they have precedents to ban it altogether. Of course, certain legislators need to introduce something with a good buzzword in it to get the attention of their constituents. November’s a-comin’ up, after all.