The Utah Legislature on Friday gave final approval to a bill aimed at further limiting abortions in the state by banning elective abortion clinics after May 2.
Abortions are still legal in Utah through 18 weeks of pregnancy while the trigger ban remains held up in court.
Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, proposed raising the presumption age to 16. She argued that 15-year-olds can't drive or get a job, so forcing them to carry a pregnancy to term puts them in an even more vulnerable position. Senate Minority Assistant Whip Jen Plumb comments on HB467 Abortion Changes in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, on Thursday.
Plumb echoed Escamilla's concerns, adding that women may face life-threatening pregnancy complications and not have a hospital nearby that would perform a lifesaving abortion. She said a patient was recently flown from a rural area to receive an abortion for an ectopic pregnancy — at times a life-threatening condition where the fertilized ovum develops outside the uterus — and died before she was able to receive treatment.
Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, comments on HB467 Abortion Changes in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, on Thursday. The Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah has been an outspoken critic of the bill, saying it limits legal abortion access by requiring that abortions be performed in hospitals.
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