Utah Senator to introduce bill to ban all elective abortions

State Senator Dan McCay says he will introduce a bill in the next session of the legislature that will ban all elective abortions in Utah.

The Republican lawmaker announced his plan during an anti-abortion rally at the State Capitol yesterday.

The bill would likely have a triggering mechanism that would allow the bill to go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court allows a similar law to stand in another state.

That would allow states like Alabama to fight for such a law in the courts while sparing Utah the time and expense of such a court battle.

McCay believes that there is virtually no acceptable reason for an abortion to be performed.