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ID HR019
Resolution
Status
3/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its longstanding abortion jurisprudence and recognize Idaho's authority to protect all human life from fertilization to natural death.
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States that only Supreme Court decisions consistent with the U.S. Constitution are binding on states, arguing Roe v. Wade (1973) finds no basis in the constitutional text.
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Claims over 73,000 children have been aborted in Idaho since Roe v. Wade, with 31 children killed weekly in three cities: Boise, Meridian, and Twin Falls.
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Declares that if the Supreme Court does not reverse course, the Idaho House will examine and pursue its constitutional authority under Article VI and the Tenth and Fourteenth Amendments to outlaw abortion in the state.
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Asserts that Idaho legislators are oath-bound to follow Supreme Court decisions only insofar as they are consistent with the Constitution.
Legislative Description
States findings of the House of Representatives and urges the Supreme Court to reverse its jurisprudence on abortion and instead recognize the authority of the state of Idaho to apply state laws to protect every human being from fertilization to natural death.
SUPREME COURT
Last Action
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
3/11/2022