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Ariana Baio

An Idaho teenager and his mother are facing charges over a 15-year-old’s abortion

REUTERS

An 18-year-old boy and his mother are facing various felony charges in Idaho, including kidnapping, after allegedly helping a 15-year-old girl obtain an abortion out-of-state without her parents’ permission.

Kadyn Swainston, 18, and Rachael Swainston, 42, of Pocatello, Idaho, were arrested in late October following a months-long investigation into a 15-year-old girl who was reported to have been raped and then taken across state lines to receive an abortion, according to records seen by the Idaho State Journal.

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