Idaho GOP lawmakers want to classify anyone who helps a minor cross state lines to get an abortion as a human trafficker and punish them with up to 5 years in prison

• Republican Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho Falls introduced House Bill 98 on Tuesday.
• Under the bill, transporting a pregnant minor in or outside Idaho would be considered human trafficking.
• Idaho outlaws abortions with exceptions for rape, incest, or life-threatening circumstances.

A new bill introduced in Idaho's House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday would classify the act of helping a pregnant minor get a "criminal abortion" as human trafficking.

Proposed by Republican Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho Falls, House Bill 98 expands the state's existing trafficking laws and would restrict alternative ways a pregnant minor might seek an abortion.