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Idaho's Supreme¹ Court will hear challenges to restrictive abortion² laws

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After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe⁴ v. Wade⁵, Idaho's trigger ban prohibited nearly all abortions⁶. Idaho's Supreme Court on Thursday takes up challenges to three of the state's abortion laws.

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The Idaho Supreme Court is hearing challenges to some of the country's most restrictive abortion laws today. They include a Texas-style law allowing family members to sue doctors. From member station Boise State Public Radio, Julie Luchetta reports.

JULIE LUCHETTA, BYLINE⁷: Since 2020, Idaho's legislature passed three laws. One bans all abortions except in cases of rape⁸, incest and threats to the life of the mother. The second prohibits abortion after six weeks of pregnancy⁹. And the third allows family of an aborted¹⁰ fetus¹¹ to sue the doctors for $20,000 or more. Shaakirrah Sanders teaches law at the University of Idaho.

SHAAKIRRAH SANDERS: So now all of these laws are in effect. But their underlying¹² constitutionality under the state constitution has not been examined.

LUCHETTA: Planned Parenthood is suing to overturn the laws, saying they violate privacy, equal protection and due process rights. Idaho's attorney general declined to comment for this story. Planned Parenthood says the exceptions for rape or incest require police reports, which can take months to get. And they argue the ban is too vague because it only allows abortions in, quote, "medical emergencies."

SANDERS: Well, what about health? And how far does life have to be in jeopardy¹³ before the procedure can be performed?

LUCHETTA: Family care obstetrician in western Idaho Caitlin Gustafson is also a plaintiff.

CAITLIN GUSTAFSON: Pregnant people can face situations of life-threatening bleeding, life-threatening infections, in which the standard of care has always been and will remain abortion care.

LUCHETTA: Blaine Conzatti's Idaho Family Policy Center, an anti-abortion Christian¹⁴ ministry¹⁵, helped to draft some of the bans.

BLAINE CONZATTI: This is not about women's rights. All of our pre-Roe laws throughout the country had the same exception and statute¹⁶. We're simply returning back to the status quo before Roe.

LUCHETTA: Planned Parenthood asked for the laws to be put on hold in August. The court voted 3-2 to turn down their request. The University of Idaho's Shaakirrah Sanders says if the bans stay in effect, voters could decide their future.

SANDERS: Will the voters of Idaho reprioritize their state supreme court, their state appellate court candidates based on this issue?

LUCHETTA: Two state justices are up for reelection in November.

For NPR News, I'm Julie Luchetta in Boise.

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1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

5 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

6 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

9 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

10 aborted   

adj.流产的，失败的v.（使）流产( abort的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They aborted the space flight finally. 他们最后中止了这次宇航飞行。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 fetus   

n.胎，胎儿

参考例句：

• In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。
• No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。

12 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

13 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

14 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

15 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

16 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。