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Planned Parenthood's bigger health center in Washington Terrace, Utah, across from the Ogden Regional Medical Center, July 12, 2023.

Health, Science & Environment

Planned Parenthood Utah opens a bigger health center in Ogden

Saige Miller

The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is celebrating its bigger and better Ogden facility.

In some parts of the Mountain West like Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming, teen pregnancy rates are higher than average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that when access to contraceptives goes up, the percentage of girls who drop out of high school goes down. This story and more in the Friday morning news brief.

Health, Science & Environment

Contraceptives are still in high demand in Utah 3 months after Supreme Court’s Roe decision

Sean Higgins

The University of Utah Hospital’s Rapid Access Contraception Clinic hopes to address the increase in requests.

Sunny Beerman holds a sign reading "my abortion saved my life" at a recent rally in Boulder. She said she had an ectopic pregnancy one year ago and without emergency surgery, doctors told her she would not have survived.

Race, Religion & Social Justice

Demand for Colorado abortion care spikes as out-of-state patients face desperate circumstances

Robyn Vincent

As the battle for reproductive rights deepens in post-Roe America, a law professor points out, “Colorado is going to be so important in the near future, immediate future, right now."

Erica Fryer in her home in Kearns, Utah. She said she’s scared of the Supreme Court coming after birth control next with the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Race, Religion & Social Justice

In a post-Roe world, these Utah women are considering sterilization as a form of protection

Ivana Martinez

With impending lawsuits over abortion access in the state, more young women are seeking permanent solutions to birth control.

Dr. Vicki Wilkins, a pediatric hospitalist at University of Utah Health protests Utah's trigger ban, July 7, 2022.

Race, Religion & Social Justice

University of Utah Health workers walk out to protest the abortion ban and the fall of Roe

Ivana Martinez

Utah OB-GYNs are now trying to resolve what their world looks like in a post-Roe shifting legal landscape.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Politics & Government

While some are elated and look to Utah’s trigger law, others mourn the fall of Roe v. Wade

Ivana Martinez

Utah’s abortion trigger law will soon go into effect, with it some pro-abortion advocates fear what this means for reproductive rights while others rejoice.

News Briefs

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KUER News

The latest Utah news for Thursday morning, April 14, 2022

News

Supreme Court Favors National Anti-Abortion Centers In California Case

The Supreme Court ruled today that so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” do not have to make it clear to clients that they are not licensed medical…

News

Study Examines Impact of Utah’s 72-hour Waiting Period for Abortion

Andrea Smardon

A new study finds that Utah’s law mandating at least a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion procedure has done little to dissuade women from their…