Idaho pays off another bad lawsuit

Idaho’s Constitutional Defense Council voted unanimously today to pay $151,209.88 to Planned Parenthood for attorney fees and costs in Planned Parenthood v. Wasden, the federal lawsuit in which the group successfully challenged two 2015 anti-abortion laws that sought to ban the prescription of abortion-causing drugs via telemedicine. House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, said, “Governor, I move that we pay the aforementioned bill.” Attorney General Lawrence Wasden seconded the motion, and said, “This is a negotiated amount of attorney’s fees in litigation in this case. We owe this money”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.