Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will sign a bill to ban the establishment of new abortion clinics and cease the operation of current clinics once their licenses expire.
procurable from clinics and all legal abortion procedures would need to be performed in a hospital.
The proposal, introduced by Utah state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, would ban licensing of new abortion clinics within the state. It would also cease the operation of all current abortion clinics once their licenses expire. The legislation also confirms the state's definition of abortion in order to address concerns on liability in legal exceptions to the Utah abortion ban."One of the concerns with the trigger bill that medical providers had across the state was there was a lack of clarity that would have made it hard for them to perform legal abortions," said Cox.
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