{"id":1563366,"date":"2022-07-20T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563366"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:04:14","slug":"rogue-boise-city-council-bars-enforcement-of-idahos-statewide-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rogue-boise-city-council-bars-enforcement-of-idahos-statewide-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Boise City Council Bars Enforcement Of Idaho\u2019s Statewide Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frogue-boise-city-council-bars-enforcement-of-idahos-statewide-abortion-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The city council in Boise, Idaho approved a <a href=\"http:\/\/boisecityid.iqm2.com\/Citizens\/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&#038;MeetingID=4233&#038;MediaPosition=&#038;ID=18446&#038;CssClass=\">resolution<\/a> by a 3-2 vote Tuesday to make the state capital a \u201csanctuary city\u201d for the abortion industry, with a prohibition on local enforcement of the statewide ban on the procedure. <\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/statutesrules\/idstat\/title18\/t18ch6\/sect18-622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed<\/a> a \u201ctrigger law\u201d which would automatically ban abortion upon <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u2018s repeal except in cases involving rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk. Last month, the high bench formally <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/24\/justice-at-last-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overturned<\/a> the landmark decision<em> <\/em>in <em>Roe<\/em> which concocted a constitutional \u201cright\u201d to an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution to reject the state ban passed by the Boise City Council this week reads, \u201cInvestigations for the purpose of prosecuting abortion providers will not be prioritized, and additional resources or personnel will not be assigned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boise Mayor Lauren McLean called the state\u2019s abortion ban \u201cextreme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight we passed a resolution that we won\u2019t use city resources to investigate claims of abortion,\u201d McLean <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boisemayor\/status\/1549598749713829888?s=20&#038;t=HhBHTccjfgaKk_oM7auwOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a Twitter post upon the resolution\u2019s passage. \u201cThe extreme Idaho law erodes our residents\u2019 rights, invades our privacy, and puts the health of many at risk. Boise won\u2019t be a part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boise-Mayor-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boise-Mayor-Tweet.jpg 888w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boise-Mayor-Tweet-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Boise-Mayor-Tweet-768x349-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>City funds are also now barred from being used to collect data on those who perform abortions or being used to share such data with the state or federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis policy does not apply to abortion investigations involving coercion or force used against the pregnant person,\u201d local lawmakers wrote, erasing the word \u201cwoman\u201d from the text. <\/p>\n<p>Scott Yenor, a professor of political science at Boise State University, told The Federalist the city\u2019s resolution undermining state law \u201cwould keep abortion effectively accessible in big portions of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoise is the population center of Idaho,\u201d Yenor explained. \u201cIf abortion clinics can operate in Boise without legal penalty, nearly half of Idaho could get an abortion in less than an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state conservative news website Action Idaho published a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SA0E67BvW4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> chronicling the city council\u2019s debate over its latest measure on abortion:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"qWA9cuJODV8af17SK64ExNoRthXrpQ0\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Idaho state capital joins a growing list of left-wing cities passing similar measures to reject red state abortion bans put into place by Republican legislatures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/02\/liberal-cities-red-states-abortion-roe-bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to Axios, local prosecutors in Nashville, Tennessee; DeKalb County, Georgia; Fairfax County, Virginia; and Durham County, North Carolina, \u201chave all said abortion-related prosecutions won\u2019t be a high priority for their departments, or they directly stated that they will not enforce state bans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a draft opinion of the court ruling to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/03\/the-only-reason-to-leak-that-scotus-opinion-is-to-bully-justices-into-submission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaked<\/a> in May, New Orleans District Attorney Jason Rogers Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=296369889351310&#038;set=pcb.296369919351307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> his office \u201cwill not shift priority from tackling shootings, rapes and carjackings to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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