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Date: November 01, 2023 11:47PM
It appears that the charge here is kidnapping not transporting someone out of state to get an abortion.
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/11/prosecutors-not-relying-on-new-idaho-law-in-case-against-mother-and-son-after-girl-taken-to-oregon-for-abortion/"An Idaho woman and her son have been charged with kidnapping after prosecutors say they took the son’s minor girlfriend out of state to get an abortion."
"Recently, the state made it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent, legislation aimed at preventing minors who don’t have parental approval from getting abortions out of state. However, that law is being challenged in court, and prosecutors in the kidnapping case aren’t relying on it.
According to an affidavit, the mother of the girl who traveled for the abortion believed her daughter was living with her father but told authorities she later discovered the teen was staying at her boyfriend’s house for several months in Pocatello.
The girl told law enforcement officials she began having a consensual sexual relationship with her boyfriend when he was 17 and she was 15. The relationship continued when he turned 18, right around when the girl said she became pregnant."
"The girl told authorities she then traveled to Bend, Oregon — about 550 miles (885 km) from Pocatello — with her boyfriend and his mom in May to get an abortion. Police later used the girl’s cellphone data to confirm that the trio traveled to Oregon around the same time."
"Prosecutors have since charged the mother with second-degree kidnapping and the son with the same charge, along with rape and three counts of producing child sexually exploitative material after authorities said that the boyfriend captured sexually explicit video and photos of the girl."
"Prosecutors say the kidnapping charges were brought because the mother and son intended to “keep or conceal” the girl from her parents by transporting “the child out of the state for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.”