To get around the federally protected right to travel, this bill will criminalize the in-state part of traveling to an out-of-state abortion provider.
The bill introduces a horrible little phrase: “abortion trafficking.” It’s a fear-mongering term
that I won’t dwell on, but in this bill, it applies to adults who order abortion pills for underage patients or are found “recruiting, harboring or transporting the pregnant minor” and intend “to conceal” a child’s abortion without permission from a parent or guardian.You might be curious about how Idaho intends to get away with criminalizing interstate travel, something under the federal government’s purview.Establishing criminality is important to the lawmakers who wrote the bill.
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