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Tuesday, July 19th, 2022

Idaho Republicans Reject Amendment Allowing Abortion to Save Woman’s Life

Author:     KHALEDA RAHMAN
Source:     Newsweek
Publication Date:     7/18/22 | 6:03 AM EDT
 Link: Idaho Republicans Reject Amendment Allowing Abortion to Save Woman’s Life
Stephan:   Could it get any clearer where Republicans stand about saving a woman's life in a pregnancy crisis? I wonder how Republican women are processing this, or do they just look the other way, put their fingers in their ears, and go YaYaYaYa.
GOP delegates gathering in a general session during the Idaho Republican convention in Pocatello, Idaho. Idaho Republicans on Saturday rejected an amendment to the party platform that would allow abortions to save a mother’s life.

Idaho Republicans rejected an amendment to their party platform that would have allowed abortion to save a mother’s life.

A 2020 law banning abortions except in cases of reported rape or incest or to protect the mother’s life is set to take effect in the deeply conservative state 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on June 24.

At the Idaho GOP convention in Twin Falls on Saturday, delegates approved changes to the party platform that criminalize all abortions without exceptions for rape, incest or to save the life of the mother, according to Idaho Reports.

Delegates voted 412-164 to reject an amendment that would have allowed an exception if the mother’s life was in “lethal danger.”

The platform states: “We affirm that abortion is murder from the moment of fertilization. All children should be protected regardless of the circumstances of conception, […]

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2 Comments

  1. Lysistrata on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10:41 am

    Remember the Greek play Lysistrata? It worked to stop a war.

  2. Rev. Dean on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    Republicans do not care about women and that is easy to see!