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IDAHO CHOOSES LIFE ENDORSES GOV. OTTER FOR 3^RD TERM

Otter Builds Historic Pro-Life Legacy

 The Board of Idaho Chooses Life, representing grassroots activists from across the state, voted unanimously to endorse Governor Butch Otter for another term as Idaho’s senior public official.

“The simple fact is, Governor Otter has signed more pro-Life legislation into law than any previous governor in Idaho history,” said David Ripley, ICL Executive Director, in making the endorsement decision public. “Seven major pieces of legislation have become law with his help, and that is a legacy of which all Idahoans can be proud.”

Otter has signed the following legislation into Idaho Code: 

• Idaho’s Parental Consent law, requiring parental permission before a girl can get an abortion;
• A law giving mothers the right to view an ultrasound before an abortion;
• A law making it a felony to coerce a woman into getting an abortion – the first such law in the nation;
• Idaho Code protects the Conscience Rights of Idaho health care professionals;
• Idaho prohibits the coverage of elective abortion as part of ObamaCare;
• Idaho prohibits the abortion of a baby after 20 weeks’ gestation;
• The state now makes it a crime to assist with a suicide.

“Beyond his signature on pieces of legislation adopted by the Legislature, Governor Otter has helped foster a climate in the Idaho Legislature which welcomes our effort to protect preborn babies and their mothers from the scourge of abortion,” Ripley said. “There is no doubt Otter has earned the support of pro-Life voters in November.”

By contrast, Ripley expressed grave concern about the views of Otter’s Democratic opponent, A.J. Balukoff.

“A review of Mr. Balukoff’s statements on abortion make it clear that he supports both Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton,” Ripley asserted. “Tens of thousands of Idaho babies have died as a result of these Supreme Court edicts on abortion. We are convinced that a Balukoff Administration would be hostile to the interests of preborn Idahoans and their mothers.”

 “We are asking pro-Life voters across Idaho to join us in supporting Butch Otter for another term as governor,” Ripley concluded.

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