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Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, has moved to send SB 1165, the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass, and Sen. Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, seconded the motion. Sen. Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, made a substitute motion to send it to the Senate's amending order. She said she was concerned about the bill's lack of provisions for cases of fetal anomalies and the possibility that it could allow incest perpetrators or rapists rights in court. Sen. Edgar Malepeai, D-Pocatello, seconded her motion. But Davis said, “Some bills amend very easily in the amending order, but these types of bills don't.” He said if there's a problem, it could be addressed with a trailer bill, but he wouldn't support sending the bill to the amending order.
Stennett's motion then was defeated on a 2-7 party-line vote, with all Republicans on the committee opposing it, and Fulcher's then passed on a 7-2 party-line vote.
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