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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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In Canyon County, hard-line conservatives scored major victories: Rep. Julie Yamamoto, R-Caldwell, who chaired the House Education Committee and opposed school voucher programs, lost to challenger Kent Marmon, who was endorsed by the far-right Idaho Freedom political action committee.
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2024
Many have struggled to reconcile their party’s hard-line policies on women’s health measures, based on a conservative religious doctrine that opposes interfering with a pregnancy at any point, with a vast and growing majority of the country that now views the issue differently.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2024
Many have struggled to reconcile their party’s hard-line policies on women’s health measures, based on a conservative religious doctrine that opposes interfering with a pregnancy at any point, with a vast and growing majority of the country that now views the issue differently.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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