abortion

Salt Lake City, UT)  --  The Utah Supreme Court is planning to hear an appeal of a lower-court order that has kept the state's abortion trigger law from going into effect.  The Utah Attorney General's Office filed an appeal of the order last week.  The justices...

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A group of Republican state lawmakers has sent cease-and-desist orders to some abortion providers and funders in Utah. The letters state a voluntary abortion is s still a criminal offense despite a preliminary injunction that's blocking the street from filing criminal prosecutions under Utah's trigger ban...

(Salt Lake City, UT)  --  A judge granted an injunction that will keep Utah's abortion "trigger law" on hold.  The judge in the case granted the preliminary injunction requested by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to block Utah from enforcing a ban on elective abortions.  Both groups ...

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A judge in Utah is granting a temporary restraining order that will block Utah's abortion trigger law for two weeks. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood filed for an emergency injunction over the weekend, challenging the ban on elective abortions...

(St. George, UT) -- Roughly 30 people gathered Friday in St. George for a pro-life rally after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had made abortions legal nationwide. St. George city councilwoman Michelle Tanner was among the attendees, calling Friday a "momentous day in history to say that we respect everybody's constitutional rights and that includes the unbo

(Salt Lake City, UT)  --  The decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade this morning clears the way for Utah's trigger law to go into effect.  Under the law passed in 2020, abortions in Utah are largely prohibited.  Women can st...

(Salt Lake City, UT)  --  Governor Spencer Cox and Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson echoed support of the decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade.  In a joint statement, Cox and Henderson say they are both pro-life advocates who are committed to supporting women and families in Utah.  Both leaders...

Engaging in polygamy in Utah is still a crime but will soon have the same punishment as most traffic violations.  Governor Gary Herbert signed 151 bills passed by the legislature into law Saturday, including one that turns polygamy from a felony to an infraction punishable by citation.  ...

A bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before they have an abortion is moving forward to the full House. Mary Taylor of Pro Life Utah testified on behalf of House Bill 364 yesterday. The bill requires physicians or medical technicians to describe the presence of an unborn child in the uterus and to make the fetal heartbeat audible to the woman if possible...

Senate Bill 174, sponsored by Senator Daniel McCay, would prohibit abortions except under certain circumstances. The bill, proposed in the Utah 2020 Legislative Session, would prohibit pregnant women from receiving an abortion at any point during the pregnancy, as well as doctors from performing an abortion...