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The Human Rights Campaign says at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced this year — including gender-affirming care bans for minors that have been enacted in South Dakota and Utah.
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Even as Utah legislators work to regulate youth access to social media, studies haven’t shown a clear link between depression and anxiety and teen online activity.
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A state Senate committee on Wednesday neither advanced nor rejected the measure, effectively sealing its fate as the Legislature prepares to adjourn next week.
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Unlike the push to remove criminal penalties for drug use that saw success at the ballot box in Oregon and Colorado over the past few years, legalization efforts underway in red and blue states focus on allowing magic mushrooms to be consumed under supervision.
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The experience of Utah teenagers is in line with new national data from the CDC, though Utah’s lawmakers are focusing on social media as a root cause.
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While their motivations are different, the political polar opposites were able to both agree to support a bill that codifies a ban on conversion talk therapy.
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Organizers and their legal advisers argue a 2006 Supreme Court ruling protects them from prosecution and participants say they are taking part in a religious service. Some experts raise concerns that the benefits of ayahuasca haven’t been well studied.
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The bill on its way to Gov. Spencer Cox prohibits transgender surgery for youth and bans hormone treatments for minors. He now has 10 days to decide what to do with it.
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Gov. Spencer Cox and Attorney General Sean Reyes say lawsuits will be filed “as soon as possible.”
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Utah’s unique culture of perfection might contribute to the prevalence of eating disorders. Some Utah therapists who treat this mental illness have a year-long waitlist.
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Curiosity is the only non-alcoholic bar in Utah’s capital city.
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A murder-suicide in Enoch has shined a spotlight on the limited domestic violence services available in Southern Utah and other rural parts of the state.