Attempts to restrict and even ban abortion at the state level are part of an ongoing effort to deny women their right to make their own personal medical decisions. As state politicians in Utah succeed in restricting access to abortion, women are paying the price. Laws that restrict access to abortion hurt women’s health and endanger their safety.
The Utah Legislature is attempting to restrict access to abortion again in 2019, and have two abortion bans (House Bill 136 and House Bill 166) making their way through the legislative process. Some legislators would like to add two more restrictions on top of the 18 barriers and restrictions on abortion that our Legislature has put in place in the last decade, all the while doing very little to enhance women’s health.