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Anti-abortion bill: ‘Here we go again, folks’

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the passage of anti-abortion legislation in the Idaho Senate today to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on grounds of fetal pain, despite Idaho attorney general's opinions warning that the bill is likely unconstitutional. "So here we go again, folks, we're passing legislation that we know is unconstitutional," warned Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, who opposed the measure. "We're putting good money after bad.” The bill makes no exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or severe fetal abnormalities, nor would it permit consideration of the mother's mental or psychological health; it would allow post-20 weeks abortions only to save the mother's life or physical health. The bill, SB 1165, now moves to the House.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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