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Jon Skolnik

Idaho gov signs "unwise" abortion ban

Governor Brad Little (R-ID) | Pro-choice demonstrators in front of the the US Supreme Court Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

Idaho Governor Brad Little rubber-stamped a strict abortion law modeled after Texas' six-week abortion ban, even while advising that the measure was "unwise."

"While I support the pro-life policy in this legislation, I fear the novel civil enforcement mechanism will in short order be proven both unconstitutional and unwise," Little wrote in a letter to Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, President of the State Senate. "Ultimately, this legislation risks retraumatizing victims by affording monetary incentives to wrongdoers and family members of rapists."

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