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A mom and son are charged in Idaho after a teen is taken to Oregon for an abortion

With some narrow exceptions, abortion is banned in Republican-controlled Idaho but is legal in Oregon, and the state made it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents' consent.

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.

Court documents show Idaho police began investigating the mother and son earlier this summer after a 15-year-old girl's mother told authorities her daughter had been sexually assaulted

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