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Utah Legislature approves Better Boundaries deal

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This article originally appeared in the Deseret News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature has officially signed off on a deal struck between lawmakers and backers of a voter-approved citizens initiative creating an independent redistricting commission to recommend new legislative, congressional and State School Board boundaries following the census every decade. The Utah House of Representatives on Wednesday voted […]

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Press Release: Better Utah statement on non-consensual ultrasound bill passed by men

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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Following debate and passage of HB 364, Abortion Revisions, in the State Senate, Lauren Simpson, policy director for Alliance for a Better Utah, issued the following statement: “All the women, both Democrats and Republicans, walked off the floor today during the vote. Only

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Press Release: Abortion ban bill could result in second degree felony for women who perform their own abortions

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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 9, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Following debate and passage of SB 174, Abortion Prohibition Amendments, in the House Health and Human Services Committee, Lauren Simpson, policy director for Alliance for a Better Utah, issued the following statement: “It is time for any conservatives who care about personal liberty,

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Fetal remains bill gains final passage in Utah Legislature

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This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. A requirement that health care facilities dispose of fetal remains by burial or cremation passed the Utah Legislature on Friday after lawmakers reinstated the two-option mandate for cases of miscarriage in addition to abortion. The Utah House earlier this week modified

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Big Utah school funding changes clear first legislative hurdles

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This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Lawmakers on Thursday took the first steps toward asking Utahns to vote later this year on a major shift in the way Utah funds its public school system. Members of the House and Senate committees on revenue and taxation voted

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Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms

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This article originally appeared in the Washington Post. Read it in its entirety here. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new voting districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. In Missouri and

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House approves bill requiring ‘dignified’ treatment of fetal remains

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This article originally appeared in the Deseret News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House fell in line with its Senate counterpart on Wednesday, putting a final stamp of approval on the way fetal remains are to be handled in Utah following a miscarriage or abortion. If signed by

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Press Release: Better Utah statement on fetal remains mandate

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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Following debate and passage of SB 67, Disposition of Fetal Remains, in the State House, Lauren Simpson, policy director for Alliance for a Better Utah, issued the following statement: “As a result of Rep. Ray Ward’s thoughtful amendment, the true intent of this

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Now focused on abortion, Provo lawmaker’s fetal remains bill passes through Utah House

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This article originally appeared in the Daily Herald. You can read it in its entirety here. An amended version of a bill sponsored by a Provo lawmaker regarding the disposal of fetal remains of women who have abortions or miscarriages passed through the Utah State House on Wednesday and now returns to the Senate for

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Anti-gerrymandering compromise garners unanimous support from Utah Senate

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This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. A proposed rewrite of the state’s anti-gerrymandering law glided through the Utah Senate on Tuesday, leaving in the rearview the tense negotiations that forged it. “Well, senators, this is the bill that was so controversial, you’ll you see the galleries

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