Idaho Lawmakers Tried to Conflate Abortion with Human Trafficking and Seattle Attorneys Are Fighting Back - The Stranger
Three years ago, the Idaho state legislature passed a law making it illegal to assist minors in crossing state lines to access abortion care. In the paranoiac tradition of American anti-abortion policy, the law was rooted in a poorly disguised moral panic: It specifically banned “abortion trafficking”—the fictional concept of shadowy adults coercing minors into […] The Idaho state legislature passed a law three years ago that it was illegal to assist minors in crossing state lines to access abortion care. The law, which was part of a moral panic, specifically banned “abortion trafficking” and confames the concept of shadowy adults coercing minors into having abortions. A lawsuit by Seattle-based legal advocacy group Legal Voice is challenging the law, arguing that it violates the First Amendment by preventing Idahoans from discussing abortions across state lines. The court's decision could set a precedent by stating that an anti-abortion policy in one state can't necessarily be enforced in another. So far, Legal Voice and the case plaintiffs have secured an injunction to keep the law from going into effect, but it remains partially in place.
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Three years ago, the Idaho state legislature passed a law making it illegal to assist minors in crossing state lines to access abortion care. In the paranoiac tradition of American anti-abortion polic... [6942 symbols]
Konular: Crime, Social Issues, Abortion, Kidnapping, Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation
