One of strictest US abortion bans could be overturned in November’s election
Idaho to have ballot measure for reproductive freedom law that would reverse ban on abortions at all pregnancy stages One of the strictest abortion bans in the country will be on the ballot this November after Idaho’s secretary of state certified a ballot measure on Monday that would reverse the state’s abortion ban that prohibits the procedure at all stages of pregnancy. The ballot initiative was headed by a volunteer-run group called Idahoans United for Women & Families, which ran a petition drive to get the measure in front of voters this fall. They gathered more than 100,000 signatures, surpassing the required 70,725 to get on the ballot. Continue reading...
One of the strictest abortion bans in the country will be on the ballot this November after Idaho’s secretary of state certified a ballot measure on Monday that would reverse the state’s abortion ban that prohibits the procedure at all stages of pregnancy.
The ballot initiative was headed by a volunteer-run group called Idahoans United for Women & Families, which ran a petition drive to get the measure in front of voters this fall.
They gathered more than 100,000 signatures, surpassing the required 70,725 to get on the ballot.
If approved by voters, the measure would create a law for “reproductive freedom”, rather than serve as an amendment to the state constitution.
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