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Chris Walker

Idaho GOP to ban travel for abortion

The Idaho state legislature has forwarded an anti-abortion proposal that would criminalize the transportation of minors to other states for abortion services.

House Bill 242 creates a brand new crime — abortion trafficking — that is defined as the transportation of an Idaho-based minor to another state for an abortion without their parents' or guardians' consent. The bill would make so-called abortion trafficking a felony offense that is punishable by two to five years in prison.

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