There’s no way to be honest without this being heavy. Tomorrow, Idahoans will have fewer rights than they have today. Here’s what you need to know about the #abortionban that takes effect tomorrow in Idaho 🧵 1/?
Idaho’s ban is one of the strictest in the nation, banning all abortion except to save the life of the pregnant person and in cases of rape and incest (but only where the crime is reported to law enforcement). 2/?
While the law does not criminalize pregnant people themselves, it does impose criminal liability on healthcare providers, as well as those who help someone else obtain an “unlawful abortion.” 3/?
This law will carry grave consequences for pregnant people, those who help others access abortion care, and healthcare providers. idahocapitalsun.com/2022/08/19/obg… 4/?
We’ll see outsized impacts on victims of sexual violence, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, young people, people with disabilities, and people of color. 5/? reproductiverights.org/supreme-court-…
Exceptions exist for abortion in cases of rape or incest, but only if the pregnant person reported the incidents to law enforcement, or child protective services in the case of a child, and provides the written report to the physician performing the abortion. 6/?
The law also allows abortion for a “medical emergency” but does not define that term, which creates uncertainty for doctors and patients. Already, patients experiencing miscarriages are having to wait until they are in sepsis before providers will treat them. 7/?
Alternatively, they are having to travel to other states to receive treatment. That is because the law does not make clear what it means for a patient’s life to be at risk. 8/?
The next part of the abortion ban is whom it criminalizes. Idaho’s anti-abortion law authorizes people to sue the doctor who performed the abortion up to 4 years later. The parent, grandparent, sibling and aunt/uncle of the fetus can sue a doctor for performing an abortion. 9/?
Laws like this incentivize the medical surveillance of pregnant people, which will disproportionately impact BIPOC communities who have been subjected to medical surveillance, experimentation and oppression throughout this nation’s history. 10/?
Idaho is now a forced birth state, and any state that controls bodies will find a fight with Legal Voice. Your body is your own, and we will work for as long as we can to preserve that freedom. 11/?
If you found this information useful, please consider applying to or sharing one of our open positions in Idaho. We’re currently hiring an Idaho Policy Counsel/Lobbyist and an Idaho Staff Attorney – Litigation. legalvoice.org/job-opportunit… 12/?
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