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Mon Jan 16, 2017, 06:28 AM Jan 2017

Idaho lawmaker would charge women who have abortions with murder [View all]

When Moscow Sen. Dan Foreman ran for office last year, he insisted he wouldn’t play it safe in Boise, become best buddies with the lobbyists or turn into a full-time politician.

The 63-year-old retired Air Force officer and retired Moscow police officer said his only concern would be “doing the right thing.”

“I don’t care what people think of me,” he said Tuesday. “I’m here (in the Legislature) to do what I think is best for the people.”

Foreman’s views about what’s best will be on full display when he begins introducing legislation in the coming weeks. The freshman Republican, who defeated three-term Sen. Dan Schmidt in November, said he’ll carry four bills this session.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article125859554.html

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