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justaprogressive

(2,574 posts)
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 04:00 PM Nov 2023

Mother, Son Charged with "Kidnapping" for Helping Idaho Minor Access Abortion

Reproductive justice advocates allege that police in Idaho have made the first “abortion trafficking” arrest after an Idaho teenager and his mother were charged with “kidnapping” for bringing the teen’s girlfriend out of state for an abortion.

The 15-year-old who had an out-of-state abortion, identified in court records as K.B., was living in Idaho with her boyfriend and his mother when she became pregnant. In May, the same month Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law went into effect, her boyfriend and his mother brought her to Oregon to obtain abortion medication.

K.B.’s mother reported to the police that K.B. was taken out of state to obtain an abortion without her consent, sparking a police investigation. Police charged K.B.’s boyfriend and his mother with multiple charges, including felony kidnapping. While the two were not specifically charged under the abortion trafficking law, reproductive justice activist and writer Jessica Valenti noted that “prosecutors used the exact language of the trafficking law in the kidnapping charge.”

The abortion trafficking law is currently being challenged in court, which may be why the prosecutors in this case decided to charge the two with felony kidnapping, instead of under the abortion trafficking law. Advocates believe that these charges are being used as a “test case” for the controversial statute.


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Mother, Son Charged with "Kidnapping" for Helping Idaho Minor Access Abortion (Original Post) justaprogressive Nov 2023 OP
Well, the mother can go fuck herself NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #1
Yes, the girl's mom can fuck right off. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #6
to be clear yes I was referring to the girl's mother NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #7
I assumed thats what you meant. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #8
thank you NoRethugFriends Nov 2023 #9
taken out of state WITHOUT her consent? Skittles Nov 2023 #2
Badly written. "Her" in that context surely refers to the girl's mother. enki23 Nov 2023 #3
ah OK Skittles Nov 2023 #5
kidnapping implies abduction, force, and deception bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #4

ShazzieB

(18,925 posts)
6. Yes, the girl's mom can fuck right off.
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 08:15 PM
Nov 2023

What do you want to bet that mom is butthurt over her daughter moving in with boyfriend and his mom, and this is her way of getting back at the 3 of them? So childish.

If she had any sense, she'd be asking herself what was going on in her home that made her daughter want to leave. In my experience, teenagers don't move out of the family home just for fun and games.

But aside from all that, fuck Idaho and any other state that thinks it has the right to limit the ability of their residents to freely travel to other states and do whatever they want while there.

ShazzieB

(18,925 posts)
8. I assumed thats what you meant.
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 09:04 PM
Nov 2023

Last edited Sat Nov 4, 2023, 04:52 PM - Edit history (1)

I tried to word my comment so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity, in case anyone reading wasn't sure.

enki23

(7,795 posts)
3. Badly written. "Her" in that context surely refers to the girl's mother.
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 04:09 PM
Nov 2023

If it doesn't, then it's actually kidnapping, yes. But I don't think that's what it actually meant.

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