Idaho's Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin speaks at a campaign event on March 19, 2022 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. McGeachin, who had received an endorsement from Donald Trump, is challenging the current governor Brad Little in 2022 Idaho gubernatorial BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Republican Lt.
Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Janice McGeachin on Monday demanded that Republican Gov. Brad Little call a special legislative session to eliminate rape and incest as legal exceptions to Idaho’s abortion law.The Idaho law will go into effect if the U.S.
Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.McGeachin is running against Little in the Idaho Republican gubernatorial primary and in a statement said the potential Idaho law is insufficient because of numerous exceptions.
Besides rape and incest, it also allows abortions to save mothers’ lives.RELATED: NY abortion providers, lawmakers prepare for out-of-state patients"It is shameful that Idaho’s abortion laws are not the most pro-life in our country," said McGeachin, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump. "No child should ever be murdered because of the circumstances surrounding his or her conception."Little in 2020 signed the so-called trigger law put forward by a group called Idaho Chooses Life, which has endorsed Little.The fallout of the published leak of a drafted Supreme Court decision on abortion rights continues, with protests taking place across the country.