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August 15, 2022

Idaho Supreme Court to Allow Near-Total Abortion Ban to Take Effect Aug. 25
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Idaho's Supreme Court has signed off on a law outlawing nearly all forms
of abortion. On Friday, justices rejected lawsuits filed by abortion
care providers who sought to stop Idaho's so-called trigger law from
taking effect later this month. The new law criminalizes abortions just
six weeks into a pregnancy and makes it a felony to perform an abortion
- with limited exceptions for cases of rape, incest or medical
emergency. Idaho's abortion ban still faces a legal challenge from the
Department of Justice in a federal court. 


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