(Life News) A federal judge blocked Idaho authorities Tuesday from prosecuting Planned Parenthood for helping women and girls travel out of state to kill their unborn babies in elective abortions.
Immediately afterward, pro-life leaders warned that U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill’s ruling will put women’s and children’s lives at risk.
The case, filed by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union, claims the Idaho abortion ban violates their free speech rights based on a letter from Attorney General Raúl Labrador in March, The Daily News reports.
After reading Labrador’s interpretation of the law in the letter, the abortion chain said its staff stopped referring women and girls out of state for abortions because they feared prosecution.
Labrador responded that he wrote the private letter to state Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, in March and later withdrew it, according to the report. His office said the correspondence was meant to be private legal advice only. (Read More)
