There is a serious effort out there in Utah state government to cut down on the number of abortions performed in the state.
No, not the proposed bill that would ban the practice after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The one that is being floated by West Valley Republican Rep. Cheryl Acton.
The one that even its sponsor acknowledges is less likely to actually prevent any abortions than it is to drag the state into an expensive legal fight that, after years of litigation, might, just might — but probably won’t — push the U.