The Utah House of Representatives passed two bills that would shutter abortion clinics in the state by 2024 and expand services for rape victims while strengthening a rape reporting requirement for abortions.
weekend fans, bearing the slogan "Be careful while you're here. Abortion in Utah is about to get harder."Opponents of HB467, sponsored by Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, say that it would make even legal abortions more expensive, in effect putting care out of reach for low-income women who may qualify for an exemption.
"As a state, we deeply value human life at all stages and in all circumstances," Lisonbee said. "It is the state's responsibility to protect the most vulnerable, and that includes the unborn." "Based on that communication, I don't believe that any clinics that are providing any of the services to women will close, merely because that revenue is no longer available — at a loss of 9% of revenue and 3% of services," he said.but said its "concern isn't our bottom line. It's ensuring that Utahns keep access to safe, accessible and affordable health care. HB467 endangers that.
In a statement after HB467 passed along party lines, the House Democratic Caucus called the bill "a direct attack on reproductive health care." An earlier version of the bill would have required the woman receiving an abortion to provide "a copy of the case report by the applicable law enforcement agency" to physicians, or have the physician "sign a certification that the woman reported to law enforcement."
"Victims of rape already had their choice taken away from them when they were raped," Birkeland said. "This bill does not take their choice away from them."
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