Senate won’t get to controversial ultrasound bill today…
The Senate won't get to SB 1387, the controversial bill to require Idaho women to undergo an ultrasound before they have an abortion, this week. The measure had been second-up on the Senate's 3rd Reading Calendar this morning, but the Senate spent much of the morning on a resolution commemorating service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past year. Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, told the Senate just now, "I made a commitment to several members on this floor, because of limited flight opportunities ... I'd have a hard adjournment time of noon today. In order to do that and finish the work I have still in the 11th and the 12th orders of business, I don't believe I'm going to have the time to pick up either of the first two bills in the 13th order of business. So it is my intent to hold ... those two pieces of legislation." He said, "I thought I'd let you know now, so that you can plan your debate accordingly."