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The Guardian - US
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Carter Sherman and Reuters

Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law partly revived by US appeals court

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Protesters hold signs as US supreme court justices hear arguments on the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, in Washington DC, on 24 April 2024. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Idaho can enforce a first-of-its-kind “abortion trafficking” law against those who harbor or transport a minor to get an abortion out of state without parental consent, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

But the San Francisco-based 9th US circuit court of appeals in its ruling blocked a part of the law that prohibits “recruiting” a minor to get an abortion.

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