Paper signs were taped to trash cans and waste baskets around the Utah Capitol on Tuesday morning: “HB205 puts TAXPAYERS’ MONEY here,” they said, alongside a picture of Oscar the Grouch.
As seen at the Capitol. HB205, the Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act. Legal challenges? #utpol #utleg pic.twitter.com/3TKi4LGY5y
— Francisco Kjolseth (@fkjolseth) March 6, 2018
The signs were something of a guerrilla lobbying campaign against the controversial Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act. The bill would criminalize doctors who perform an abortion if the sole reason was Down syndrome.