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What Idaho's past abortion bill tells us today

Idaho Matters takes a closer look at Idaho's past abortion bill and how it could foreshadow the future for other states. Historian and columnist Marc Johnson and political scientist at the University of Montana, Robert Saldin join Idaho Matters to talk more about the past and what we might expect to see in the future.

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05 May 2022
Anti-abortion rights protesters singing and chanting anti-abortion slogans outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Anti-abortion rights protesters singing and chanting anti-abortion slogans outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.(Eman Mohammed)

On Monday, a draft opinion on abortion by the U.S. Supreme Court was leaked by Politico. The leak pointed to the court overturning Roe v. Wade, which would put an end to constitutional protections for abortion and give control back to individual states.

An article was published in the Washington Post on Wednesday looking at Idaho’s history with abortion laws and how history might inform the future.

The authors of that article, historian and columnist Marc Johnson, as well as political scientist at the University of Montana, Robert Saldin join Idaho Matters to talk more about the past and what we might expect to see in the future.