The Senate is taking up SB 1387, the pre-abortion ultrasound bill. "Fellow senators, you've been bombarded with emails over the last week or so," Senate Assistant Majority Leader Chuck Winder, R-Meridian, told the Senate. "I can tell you that I come here with no malice or no judgment. I stand here with a heart that offers forgiveness, offers understanding, and offers compassion." He noted that Idaho passed a law in 2006 regarding pre-abortion ultrasounds, though it didn't, like SB 1387, require every Idaho woman who has an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound, whether or not the patient or doctor want one.

Winder said he won't answer any questions from other senators during this morning's debate, as is customarily done; instead, he said, he'll make note of questions and answer them in his closing debate. "It's out of the respect for you and your position, you may not agree with this, but in order to keep the civility and the emotional level intact, I do request that that be honored," Winder said.