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Idaho Legislature passes Texas-style abortion ban at six weeks

By Cassidy Morrison
Published March 14, 2022 9:53pm ET
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Idaho Legislature passes Texas-style abortion ban at six weeks
Pat Thompson displayed a sign supporting Roe v. Wade at a rally, held by Planned Parenthood, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision at the Capitol Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. The 1973 landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court affirmed a woman's right to have an abortion. | (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

The Idaho Legislature has passed a ban on abortions at six weeks that would allow the patient or family to sue providers of the procedure, an enforcement mechanism resembling the one used in a similar Texas law.

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