Idaho Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks State S New 6 Week Abortion Ban
The court on Friday accepted a motion for reconsideration and said that “the implementation of bill 1309 of the Senate is suspended pending further action by this Court.” Last month, Idaho became the first state to follow Texas’ controversial statutes that allow individuals to enforce abortion restrictions by filing lawsuits. Like Texas law, the Idaho measure bans abortions after detecting fetal heart activity – a point about six weeks after pregnancy, when many women do not yet know they are pregnant....