An Idaho mother and son have been charged with kidnapping and rape after transporting a 15-year-old girl from Pocatello, Idaho to Bend for an abortion.
Sarah A. Miller/GettyA mother and son from Idaho have both been charged with second-degree kidnapping for allegedly transporting an underage girl across the state border for an abortion without her parents knowledge. Court documents reviewed by the Associated Press said Idaho officers started investigating Rachael Swainston and her son, Kadyn Swainston, after the 15-year-old girl’s mom told police that her daughter had been sexually assaulted and taken to Oregon. Abortion is banned with only som
Kadyn Swainston, 18, and his mother, Rachael Swainston, 42, from Idaho, have been charged with kidnapping and other felonies for taking a 15-year-old girl to Oregon to obtain an abortion.
POCATELLO — Contrary to a growing narrative across the nation, the case involving a local mother and son is not one that involves Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law, prosecutors say.