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Idaho High Court Upholds Abortion Ban – Intercessors for America

With this ruling, abortion is now illegal in Idaho! Praise God!

From LifeNews.com. The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the state’s abortion ban, issuing a 3-2 ruling indicating there is no right to kill babies in abortions.

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“The Idaho Constitution does not contain an explicit right to abortion,” the decision summary reads. “We cannot read a fundamental right to abortion into the text of the Idaho Constitution.”

“To the contrary, the relevant history and traditions of Idaho show abortion was viewed as an immoral act and treated as a crime,” the opinion summary states. “Thus, we cannot conclude the framers and adopters of the Inalienable Rights Clause intended to implicitly protect abortion as a fundamental right.”

As the Idaho Press noted:

Justice Robyn Brody wrote for the majority, saying “…even if [plaintiffs have] carried their burden of demonstrating that irreparable harm will flow from immediate enforcement of the Total Abortion Ban, this alone cannot permit the extraordinary remedy [they] seek.”

The opinion says that the decision does not prevent further legislation to protect abortion but that it is not explicitly protected in the state Constitution.

The Idaho Family Policy center helped draft and push through both the “heartbeat bill” and the civil law that allows family members to sue abortion providers.

“As we have been saying for months, our Idaho Heartbeat law is constitutionally, scientifically, and morally sound. We were confident that our Heartbeat law would withstand judicial scrutiny, and today settles that debate once and for all,” policy center President Blaine Conzatti said in an emailed statement.

“Because of these two pro-life laws, thousands of Idaho babies will receive the opportunity to live their lives and reach their highest potential.

“I especially want to the legislative sponsors who worked tirelessly to protect these preborn children—Rep. Steven Harris and Sen. Patti Anne Lodge on the Heartbeat law, and Rep. Megan Blanksma and Sen. Todd Lakey on the Trigger law.

The pro-life movement has worked toward this day for decades with sweat, tears, and sacrifice. Today is a great day for precious preborn babies in Idaho!” …

Now that the ruling has been issued, the abortion ban will go into effect, saving babies from abortions except in very rare cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother. …

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(Excerpt from LifeNews.com. Photo Credit: Getty Images)

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