Idaho joins other red states with 'abortion reversal' law

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOISE, Idaho — Mar 20, 2018, 9:40 PM ET

Idaho will become the latest conservative state to require women seeking abortions to be informed that the drug-induced procedures can be halted halfway, despite opposition from medical groups that say there is little evidence to support that claim.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter quietly signed the proposal into law Tuesday along with nearly 50 other measures. The law, which will go into effect July 1, is the latest move by Republican-dominant states that are testing the government's legal ability to restrict a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.

It comes just a day after Mississippi enacted the most restrictive abortion law in the United States, though a federal judge temporarily blocked it Tuesday.

Idaho's measure follows an anti-abortion trend first enacted in Arkansas in 2015. Arkansas' version requires women to be told "it may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion if the pregnant woman changes her mind, but that time is of the essence." Idaho's measure reads similarly.

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