Utah judge delays implementing statewide abortion clinic ban
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state court on Tuesday blocked Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion clinics from taking effect Wednesday in a ruling in which the judge called the Republican-controlled Legislature’s objective in enacting the ban “nebulous.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state court on Tuesday blocked Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion clinics from taking effect Wednesday in a ruling in which the judge called the Republican-controlled Legislature’s objective in enacting the ban “nebulous.
As a Utah court deliberates over a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood, a judge has delayed an abortion clinic ban that sought to restrict clinics from applying for certain licenses
By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Utah judge has blocked the state’s ban on abortion clinics, the day before it was supposed to start taking effect. The complaint was aimed at House Bill 467, which was signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox in March.
The judge temporarily blocked a new law would have required the procedure be performed in hospitals, and effectively restricted access across the state, clinic operators say.
Planned Parenthood and other clinics can continue to offer abortions in Utah, at least for now, a district court judge decided Tuesday in the latest development in a case that will determine the future of reproductive options in the Beehive State.
A judge temporarily blocked a new law banning abortion clinics in Utah on Tuesday, one day before it was to go into effect, on the grounds that it singles out such facilities without reason.
