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BALLOT PETITION: Decline to sign

| April 5, 2026 1:00 AM

Words matter. And words are tools that can be wielded to build or destroy, convince or deceive, progress or regress. 

And so, it is with the so-called “Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act” — the petition for the November ballot initiative to reinstitute abortion on demand for all in Idaho. “Freedom” and “privacy” are fundamental premises of conservativism. So, when the backers of this abortion-for-all ballot initiative chose the name for their endeavor, how sly they were to select highly appealing terms. However, much like how the terminology tangling “gender-affirming care” may seem compelling and supportive, in actuality, that phrase is a euphemism for identity scrambling, body mutilation, castration, sexual dysfunction and health-crippling ailments.  

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