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Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law mostly can be enforced as lawsuit proceeds, court rules

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Idaho 's first -in-the-nation law makes it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the statute’s prohibition on helping minors get abortion by harboring and transporting them is likely to be found constitutional and can be enforced.

Part of the law's prohibition on “recruiting” pregnant youth violates the First Amendment .