Idaho governor Brad Little has signed a law that makes his state the first to make it a criminal offense for pregnant teens to leave the state to seek an abortion elsewhere without parental consent. So if the girl is impregnated by her father, step-father or other family member, and you help this girl seek an abortion, you’ve committed a felony under a brand new law category know as “abortion trafficking.”
The ad below was developed after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and it’s terrifying.
Congressman Eric Swalwell had this ad produced during last year’s election cycle.
With news laws like the abortion trafficking bill passed in Idaho, these ads are closer to truth than fiction.
The Daily Beast reports:
Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a law on Wednesday evening that bans minors from traveling out of state for abortions without parental consent. The law creates a new felony crime called “abortion trafficking,” which the legislation defines as an “adult who, with 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 the minor.
“Recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor within this state commits the crime of abortion trafficking,” according to the legislation. The crime of abortion trafficking carries a felony offense punishable by two to five years in prison.
The law criminalizes anyone transporting a pregnant minor without parental consent within Idaho to get an abortion or abortion pills, which means it could apply to a grandmother driving a pregnant minor to the post office to pick up a package holding medication abortion or target an older brother driving a pregnant minor to a friend’s house to self-manage an abortion at home.
The law doesn’t apply to adult women, but it’s a pretty short jump to criminalizing that at some point.
More from The Beast:
Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, condemned the law in a Wednesday night statement.
“Young people seeking abortion deserve our compassion and support, not the extreme government overreach this law sanctions,” she said. “Make no mistake: HB242 will have a chilling effect on those who would help minors access critical abortion care, putting young people in dangerous and isolating situations.”
Idaho already has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country. Little signed a near-total abortion ban just a month after Roe v. Wade fell last year. The state had already implemented a six-week abortion ban with a private enforcement mechanism, which is still in place despite the near-total ban that’s also in effect.
Missouri has had a similar law on the books since 2005 but that law carries only civil penalties. Idaho makes it a felony. OB/GYNs are leaving the state for fear of prosecution for doing their jobs and hospitals have closed birthing units for a lack of medical professionals.
How inconvenient for an adult male to take, or arrange a ride for, his impregnanted minor relative or acquaintance for her abortion. The pedo no longer covers it up quietly. Only dirty old men have a problem with this.