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Idaho already bans almost all abortions, but the state borders Washington, Oregon and Montana, allow them. Conservative states with abortion bans have wrestled with ways to keep women and girls from obtaining abortions in more liberal states
The bill would also allow a man who impregnates a woman - including rapists - as well as other family members to sue abortion providers.
(Reuters) - Helping a minor cross state lines to terminate a pregnancy without her parents' consent would become a crime punishable by up to five years in prison under a bill passed Thursday by Idaho's Republican-dominated legislature. | Mar. 31
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Helping a minor cross state lines to terminate a pregnancy without her parents' consent would become a crime punishable by up to five years in prison under a bill passed Thursday by Idaho's Republican-dominated legislature.
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Helping a minor cross state lines to terminate a pregnancy without her parents' consent would become a crime punishabl...