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Arkansas and Tennessee filed the lawsuit in federal court April 25, calling the new rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law.
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According to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, there were just five reported abortions in the state in 2023. A sharp decline from previous years, that number does not appear to reflect the reality of abortion access in the state since strict abortion bans went into effect.
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Lawmakers like Republican Karriane Lisonbee believe Utah’s “trigger law” will be upheld as constitutional “and we want that decision made.”
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Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee’s bill would allow abortion clinics to be licensed to perform abortions in the state, but it is her hope that the law would lead to a faster ruling on the state’s near-total abortion ban.
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Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing. They're hoping to detect serious problems while they still have time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy.
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State's attorneys want the Utah Supreme Court to overrule a lower court's decision to put the 2020 state law banning most abortions on hold.
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The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is celebrating its bigger and better Ogden facility.
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Colorado and Idaho represent two different poles of state-level political homogenization. Both are fast-growing Rocky Mountain states that have been transformed by the influx of new, like-minded residents.
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As it stands right now, abortion is legal in Utah up to 18 weeks of pregnancy and people can still go to an abortion clinic to receive the procedure.
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A year after the constitutional right to abortion was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood of Utah is hunkered down in two legal battles to protect abortion rights in the state.
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One year after the Supreme Court changed the landscape of abortion, Utah’s laws remain tied up in courts. The president of Pro-Life Utah is confident though that the state will prevail.
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“This isn’t like a ‘win-win.’ This is a small victory because our health and personal freedoms are still at stake,” said Candida Duran Taveras, Planned Parenthood of Utah’s director of community engagement.