Well, it\u2019s all but official. Word is that pro-abortion activists found enough signatures to get their radical and deceptive \u201cReproductive Freedom and Privacy Act\u201d on the November ballot. I\u2019ve never seen such a dishonest title. Abortion is not about freedom, it\u2019s not about privacy, and it\u2019s certainly not about reproduction. Abortion is the deliberate destruction of a unique and precious human life, which is why the Idaho GOP will always oppose this barbaric practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This initiative will likely be called Proposition 1, the same number given to the ranked choice voting initiative that appeared on your ballot nearly two years ago. Just as with the previous Prop 1, you\u2019re going to see huge amounts of out-of-state money spent to push this measure on Idaho voters. Just as with the previous Prop 1, I believe Idahoans will see through this scheme and soundly defeat it at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Idaho is a state that values life. Despite the ruling in Roe v. Wade<\/em> preventing states from banning abortion, I was proud to cast my vote on the House floor in 2020 to stop it here in Idaho, contingent on Roe<\/em> ever being overturned. Just two years later, the Supreme Court did just that, and Idaho immediately became a sanctuary state for the unborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the pro-abortion left is trying to undo that progress and turn back the clock to a time when any unborn child could face the death penalty for the crime of being inconvenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Supporters of the initiative will argue that it only allows abortion before an unborn baby reaches \u201cviability,\u201d but that’s a vague and shifting standard. Advances in prenatal medicine have pushed viability earlier and earlier, to the point where babies born three or even four months prematurely now have a chance of survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, we look back on cultures that practiced child sacrifice as barbaric and ignorant, yet we\u2019re expected to support\u2014and even celebrate\u2014the sacrifice of the unborn. Not in Idaho, not if I can help it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Idaho GOP will make sure voters know the truth about this radical initiative and are motivated to go to the polls this November to defeat it. I firmly believe the vast majority of Idahoans value life\u2014all life, even the unborn\u2014and will not sit back and let a small, radical minority bring abortion back to our state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I believe Idaho should remain a state that protects life, and I know you believe that too. I believe our laws should reflect the truth that every human being is created equal. And I believe we must act now to ensure our values are not overturned by outside money and activist pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ufeff Let\u2019s get the message out: Vote no on Prop 1\u2026 again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it\u2019s all but official. Word is that pro-abortion activists found enough signatures to get their radical and deceptive \u201cReproductive Freedom and Privacy Act\u201d on the November ballot. I\u2019ve never seen such a dishonest title. Abortion is not about freedom, it\u2019s not about privacy, and it\u2019s certainly not about reproduction. Abortion is the deliberate destruction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":18468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[11,28,878],"class_list":["post-20062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-abortion","tag-election","tag-initiative","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20063,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20062\/revisions\/20063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}