The Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday heard a bill that would eliminate exemptions for rape and incest in Idaho’s abortion ban, and allow homicide and battery charges for the death or damage of a fetus or embryo.

Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, presented a bill Tuesday to add mifepristone and misoprostol to a list of Schedule IV controlled substances.

Idaho lawmakers this year will consider whether to classify two medications used to terminate pregnancies as controlled substances, a designation usually used for drugs with high risk of

Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, presented a bill Tuesday to add mifepristone and misoprostol to a list of Schedule IV controlled substances.