Edvard Pettersson reports:
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday mostly rejected a challenge to an Idaho law that makes it a crime for an adult to assist a minor in obtaining an abortion or abortion medication in another state without their parent’s consent.
In a split decision, the appellate panel reversed a trial judge’s finding that the law is too vague and couldn’t be enforced. The panel, however, agreed that the law’s provision that makes it a crime to “recruit” a minor, including by providing persuasive encouragement to seek an abortion, is barred by the First Amendment protection of free speech.
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