Gary Herbert’s carpal tunnel syndrome is probably not exacerbated by vetoing bills any more than it is by signing them. So it’s too bad he doesn’t veto more often.
In a flurry of post-legislative penmanship, the governor of Utah Monday signed off on 119 bills. Among them, sadly, was House Bill 136, the Legislature’s unconstitutional, anti-woman, anti-science and just plan mean measure that will ban abortions when fetal development has gone beyond 18 weeks.
Some women aren’t even aware they are pregnant at 18 weeks. And even the amazing scanners and other tools for diagnosing fetal health -- or the lack thereof -- do not or cannot do their work that soon.