HERNDON: In one word…ick
One of the creepiest exchanges in Idaho history occurred in January 2023 and Idaho needs to know about this before the primary election: Idaho State Senate Minority Leader Melissa Wintrow asks Scott Herndon (currently representing District 1) whether the bill he was introducing (to remove the rape/incest exemption from Idaho’s 2022 restriction on women’s health) would force a pregnant 13-year-old girl who was raped by a family member to carry the child to term.
Scott Herndon replies: “Some people could describe the situation that you’re talking about as the opportunity to have a child in those terrible circumstances if the rape actually occurred.”
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