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AG’s opinions: Constitutional problems

Here's a link to two Idaho Attorney General's advisory opinions, requested by Sen. Chuck Winder, sponsor of SB 1165, that raise questions about the constitutionality of his bill, SB 1165, to ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation on grounds of fetal pain. "Section 5 of the Act is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution insofar as it proscribes some non-therapeutic abortions even before a fetus has reached viability," states the first opinion, issued before the bill's introduction.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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