Americans United for Life has just issued its ranking of the states according to the strength of protections for preborn children and other pro-Life laws. Idaho scores in the middle –at 24th.
Topping the list is Michigan, followed by Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Kansas and South Dakota.

At the other end: Montana (#40), Washington (#36), California (#49) and Oregon (#50).
Neighboring Utah came in just above Idaho at #23.

The results are not particularly surprising, given the slow progress we’ve made here pushing against the edicts of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Among the states in the nation’s most liberal circuit, Idaho scored second best behind Arizona (#21).

AUL specifically dinged Idaho for its failure to enact legislation banning human cloning and other unethical scientific research methods, an area which has received no legislative scrutiny.