BOISE, Idaho — Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to reverse Idaho's new abortion law.
The law bans abortions once cardiac activity in a fetus is detected, which happens at approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Many women are unaware at six weeks that they are pregnant.
"It should be clear to everyone that the Idaho state legislature intentionally abandoned the ordinary rule of law when they passed this six-week abortion ban. Then the governor joined their effort to deny his constituents their constitutional rights when he signed the abortion ban into law — despite his own acknowledgement that it was wrong," Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a press release.
In a letter to Janice McGeachin, the lieutenant governor and president of the state's senate, Idaho Gov. Brad Little criticized the bill, saying,"I stand in solidarity with all Idahoans who seek to protect the lives of preborn babies." Without intervention from the court, the law would go into effect,"wreaking havoc on this State’s constitutional norms and the lives of its citizens," according to the lawsuit.
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