Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that will ban abortion clinics in the state beginning next year.
Bill sponsor Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, said her bill still allows clinics like Planned Parenthood to perform other services. But the bill would require that all abortions be performed in hospitals or similar settings.
"Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is exploring all options to preserve access to abortion in Utah ahead of HB467's effective date," Planned Parenthood President and CEO Karrie Galloway said in a news release Wednesday evening. Utah has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, but all abortions are currently legal through 18 weeks of pregnancy while that so-called "trigger ban" isIf the trigger ban is allowed to stand, all elective abortions will be banned in the state, with exceptions in cases of rape or incest, if the fetus has a fatal abnormality, or if the life of the mother is at risk.
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