OPINION: Abortion is the issue that may decide the attorney general race
The attorney general race in Idaho might be decided by an issue that has not been marked by public clashes between the candidates, Raúl Labrador and Lori Hickman. Labrador may experience strong backlash from voters for his over-the-top interpretation and enforcement of Idaho’s strictest-in-the-nation abortion law.
Labrador has made abortion the highest-priority issue during his tenure, trying to enforce an extreme interpretation of the total abortion ban that passed the Legislature in 2020. It banned abortion from the point of conception, except to prevent the death of the mother. Doctors would face the loss of their license and 2-5 years in prison if they could not show an abortion was required to prevent the woman’s death.
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