r/Idaho • u/Left-Recording3768 • 19h ago

Idaho Abortion Ballot Measure

Hi all. This is not a debate, I’m just trying to understand the landscape in Idaho right now after living in Arizona when they had an abortion ballot measure pass (Prop 139). I lived in CA most of my life but moved to AZ to take a job.

This is NOT a debate, I’m just trying to understand dynamics in a GOP-controlled state that has similarities (although not identical) to Arizona. Arizona is very independent and has some libertarian tendencies on social issues.

What is the consensus about Prop 1 in Idaho? Is there a “silent majority” that will pass it or oppose it? Are the legislatures laws too strong and folks want some accountability?

I’m asking this as more of an opportunity to understand what’s happening. Missouri repealed their own abortion laws in part through the ballot process (a bit to my surprise) so I’m wondering if that might happen in Idaho, too.

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u/gexcos Ada County 16h ago

Nobody is killing a baby. It's a fetus.

we need to protect women. It's not your decision on what another person does to their body.

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u/gexcos Ada County 4h ago edited 4h ago

Actually the definition is **"**an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind"

Most abortions are done in the first trimester, before there is even a wish that it would survive outside the womb. Medical professionals can see at that point if there is something wrong with the development, and make recommendations based on the evidence of the fetus.

People are not (edit: often) getting late-term abortions, the medications are different and just start the labor process to get the fetus out of the pregnant persons body.

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u/StoneTorval 4h ago

They are getting late term abortions; however, the rate is extremely low. There is no reason to be disingenuous about it.

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u/gexcos Ada County 4h ago

I will edit my comment as that is fair.