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Ryan Suppe

Idaho faces lawsuit by Planned Parenthood after passing controversial abortion law

BOISE, Idaho — A week after it was enacted, Idaho’s new abortion law faces a lawsuit.

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky filed a petition in the Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday to block the law. Senate Bill 1309, which is set to go into effect April 22, bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they’re pregnant — and also allows family members to sue abortion providers.

It’s modeled after a recent Texas law with a similar private enforcement mechanism, which was designed to evade judicial review.

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