Idaho lawmakers are considering making it illegal for an adult to help a minor procure an abortion without parental consent, and those convicted of “abortion trafficking” could face two to five years in prison.
The measure would create a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” barring adults from obtaining abortion pills for a minor and “recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor.” To sidestep violating a constitutional right to travel between states, the state law would make illegal only the portion of a trip to an out-of-state abortion provider that takes place in Idaho.The law would be the first of its kind in the U.S.
Organizations across the country that advocate for the right to abortion portray it as an unneeded effort to make legal abortion even harder to access. “That would mean people who might otherwise be really important supports would ask, ‘Can I be the supportive auntie or sister or friend in a situation where I want to be a support to this person?’” Miller said.
Mack Smith, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, said the bill will likely become law but that the dispute over it won’t end there.A relatively small number of the abortions in the U.S. are obtained by minors. Among the 47 states that reported 2019 abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than 9% people who received abortions were 15 to 19 years old.
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