OFF: Silly laws

Martyn White white at BORG.MED.ECU.EDU
Sun Jan 19 14:30:58 EST 1997


>One that comes to my mind is the following:
>In Idaho, it is illegal to be pregnant out of wedlock.  No, the law says
>nothing about the *father* of the child.  The law is just one of many that
>the State enacted for the sake of reducing the number of teen- and other
>single-parents.  Yes, the State of Idaho does enforce the law - to set an
>example, of course.  Weird...

        How can they try to enforce a law like this?  Surely it would
be turned over on appeal as being unconstitutional?


>Damon


Martyn



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