Utah GOP lawmakers pushing legislation targeting abortion

Utah GOP lawmakers pushing legislation targeting abortion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Utah are pushing several measures targeting abortions. Legislation that would make biological fathers responsible for paying half of the mother’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs passed a House committee Wednesday. Republican Rep. Brady Brammer says he hopes this “pro-life” legislation increases “the responsibility for men in the bringing of life into the world.” Another bill would require women to affirm “under penalty of perjury” that they completed the state’s online pre-abortion program before terminating a pregnancy. A spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah says the bill is another effort at blocking access to abortions by “shaming” women.