Idaho in 2022 was a flood of newsworthy events, laws and people. The most popular reads on idahocapitalsun.com included coverage of the Idaho Legislature’s shifting priorities — one of which was to propose or approve bans on what Idahoans can do.
The bills and laws that made headlines in 2022 included bans on abortion, library books and materials, and drag performances with children in attendance.
By a nearly four-to-one margin, Idaho Republicans at the state party’s convention in Twin Falls rejected endorsing an exception to abortion bans in cases where it would save the mother’s life.
Scott Herndon, who takes office as a state senator in January, proposed adding language to the party platform to support the criminalization of all abortions within the state’s jurisdiction and that Idaho’s Constitution should be amended to include a “declaration of the right to life for preborn children.”
The platform already said the Idaho Republican Party classifies abortion as murder from the moment of fertilization.
The ranger warned us before we attempted to enter the “zone of death.”
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