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ID HR019

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/3/2022

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

State Affairs3/3/2022

Full Bill Text

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