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    Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

    Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about a month and allows health care providers to be sued.
    by Sarah McCammon Mar 23, 2022 3 minutes
    A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

    A patient who gets an abortion – or the person who impregnated her and specific members of their family – could sue abortion providers in Idaho for tens of thousands of dollars in damages, under a new law signed by Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday.

    The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, is modeled after a similar Texas law, SB 8, which allows anyone to bring lawsuits against health care providers, or anyone else, accused of

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