Pre-abortion ultrasound bill draws big crowd; new version adds severability clause

There’s a close to full house in the Capitol auditorium and a line outside as the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning prepares to debate SB 1387, the new version of SB 1349, the pre-abortion ultrasound bill. Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Meridian, has introduced a new version that is identical except that it adds a severability clause - a legal move that declares that if part of the bill is overturned in court, the rest could remain in effect.