Less than a year after Idaho banned nearly all abortions, lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would prohibit minors from interstate travel for the procedure, inching closer to becoming the first state to ban what Republicans are dubbing “abortion trafficking.”
During an Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday, lawmakers agreed to hold a full vote in the chamber on a Republican-led House bill that would establish the new crime of “abortion trafficking,” which would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal. House Bill 242 would also mean that adults could face felony charges if they have “the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” for a minor.
