Important Takeaways:
- 20 Democrat AGs Back Suit Against Idaho Law That Stops Trafficking Teens for Secret Abortions
- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson led the amicus brief, signed by 20 Democrat attorneys general, in opposition to the new pro-life law, according to a press release from Ferguson’s office.
- “The Constitution protects the individual right to travel between states, and Idaho’s radical Legislature cannot abolish that right,” Ferguson said in a statement. “Washington is standing up for the Constitution and reproductive freedom to support this challenge to Idaho’s unconstitutional abortion travel ban.”
- However, the Idaho law does not ban travel. Signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little in April, the legislation protects young victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse by ensuring that their parents are involved if they want – or are being coerced into – an abortion.
- It creates a crime called “abortion trafficking,” which prohibits an “adult who, with the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” for the minor. Anyone found guilty could face up to five years in prison.
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