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State High Court Keeps Injunction In Place Regarding Near-Total Abortion Ban

State High Court Keeps Injunction In Place Regarding Near-Total Abortion Ban

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials say abortion care will remain legal in Utah for now. The state Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction that blocks the Legislature’s near-total abortion ban to stay in place yesterday. Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Utah Democrats reacted positively to the ruling. In […]

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ACLU, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Against Abortion Law

ACLU, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Against Abortion Law

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The ACLU of Utah and Planned Parenthood have filed a lawsuit to stop a law that would close abortion clinics statewide. The suit filed yesterday in state district court asks for an injunction to stop the implementation of House Bill 467. The law would allow […]

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Judge Blocks Utah Abortion Trigger Law

Judge Blocks Utah Abortion Trigger Law

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge has granted a Planned Parenthood request to delay the implementation of a law blocking all elective abortions in the state. The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah calls the preliminary injunction a “breath of fresh air” that allows Utah women the right to […]

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Court Hearing Today In Utah Judge Blocking Abortion Trigger Law

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A court hearing is scheduled today in Salt Lake City over a state district court judge’s ruling blocking Utah’s trigger law banning abortion from taking effect. Judge Andrew Stone blocked the law from going into effect on June 27th to allow time to hear a […]

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Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Utah’s Abortion Restrictions

Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Utah’s Abortion Restrictions

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge in Utah is granting a temporary restraining order that will block Utah’s abortion trigger law for two weeks. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood filed for an emergency injunction over the weekend, challenging the ban on elective abortions. Attorneys claim the law violates Utah’s […]

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ACLU, Planned Parenthood Of Utah Sue To Block Trigger Laws

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Utah are suing the state in an attempt to block its abortion trigger law. The law went into effect on Friday after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and bans abortion at any […]

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Utah Planned Parenthood to remain open, declines US funding

Utah Planned Parenthood to remain open, declines US funding

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah says it is withdrawing from the federal family planning program rather than comply with a new Trump administration rule prohibiting participants from referring patients for abortions. The organization joined other affiliates across the country Monday in declining federal funding, […]

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The Latest: Judge allows discovery in abortion-ban case

The Latest: Judge allows discovery in abortion-ban case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge will allow the state of Utah to collect evidence as they defend a new ban on abortions after 18-weeks. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said his Thursday ruling doesn’t signal the ultimate outcome of the case, but it would create a complete […]

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Judge to weigh whether Utah can build case for abortion ban

Judge to weigh whether Utah can build case for abortion ban

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state attorneys will ask a judge on Thursday to let them marshal evidence to defend a new abortion ban, a step that could prepare the case for a future appeals court amid optimism from anti-abortion advocates nationwide about new conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices. […]

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New group calls for end to elective abortions in Utah

New group calls for end to elective abortions in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new anti-abortion group is launching a push to end all elective abortions in Utah. Abortion-Free Utah rallied Wednesday at the state capitol to start the effort to ban the procedure and push Planned Parenthood out of the state. Planned Parenthood CEO Karrie Galloway says […]

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