The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose whether or not to have an abortion. The United States Supreme Court established the conditionality of abortion through two main cases: Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Two Idaho representatives have proposed legislation that would allow the prosecution of abortion in Idaho, despite federal laws that make the practice legal. Those representatives (Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and Rep. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg) brought forth the Idaho Abortion Human Rights Act on Thursday. If passed, the bill would repeal a current sitting law that allows legal abortion. If the new section were added, it would be illegal for anyone to perform, obtain or attempt an abortion at conception. We can not reverse history as we have come so far. We need to acknowledge the facts that are in play...

1. People have abortions all the time, regardless of what the law says.
2. Criminalizing abortion does not stop abortions; it just makes abortion less safe.
3. Almost every death and injury from unsafe abortion is preventable.
4. Many countries are starting to change their laws to allow for greater access to abortion.
5. Criminalizing or restricting abortion prevents doctors from providing basic care.
6. Criminalizing abortion is a form of discrimination, which further fuels stigma.
7. Access to safe abortion is a matter of human rights.

Signing this petition would give awareness to the severity of this situation. Idaho's senate can not fly under the radar and pass the bill disregarding what is federally in-stated. This affects every Idaho citizen as factually proven more lives will be put at risk when abortion is outlawed. Please consider the future and protect not only your rights but the rights of the generations to come. Please sign today!