The new abortion law out of Idaho is exactly as monstrous as it sounds. Read the latest from besslevin:
, “Oh, relax, they’re not banning abortion, they’re just sending it back to the states”—the suggestion being that the situation wasn’t as nearly dire as some people were making it out to be and that abortion would largely remain legal? Well, abortion has been sent back to the states, and here’s what the states areThe new “abortion trafficking” law signed on Wednesday [in Idaho], is the first of its kind in the U.S.
The law also gives the attorney general the ability to prosecute someone for alleged violations of the law, even if the county prosecutor—who would normally be responsible for filing a criminal case—declines to prosecute. It’s hard to say which aspect of the new law is the most f--ked up, but we’re going to have to go with the bit about the state reserving the right to prosecute and imprison someone for helping a child obtain an abortion after that child wasIn a statement, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, which serves Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska,: “Many minors do not have supportive or safe parents or guardians in their lives who they can ask to help them get an abortion.
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