Senate passes Texas-style anti-abortion bill

By News Team

March 3, 2022 3:54 PM

Published March 3, 2022 4:00 PM

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The Senate passed a bill Thursday that resemble a Texas-style anti-abortion law.

Senate Bill 1309 would update the fetal heartbeat bill to authorize the father, aunt, uncle, grandparent or a sibling of an aborted fetus to file a civil lawsuit against the doctor.

It could be filed at anytime up to four years after the abortion and get a minimum $20,00 in damages plus attorney fees.

The bill now needs to go through the House and the governor before it can become law.

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