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Press Release: Utah Congressional Delegation must join calls for investigation into forced hysterectomies in ICE Detention Centers

Better Utah September 22, 2020

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, 10 Utah groups came together to call on Utah’s members of Congress to join in calling for the DHS Inspector General to investigate reports of abusive medical practices in an immigration detention center in Georgia. Earlier this week, news broke of

Poll: Most Utahns would oppose tighter abortion restrictions

Better Utah February 24, 2020

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Newly released polling data suggests most Utahns are against tightening restrictions on abortion in the state, even as lawmakers consider measures aimed at virtually eliminating the procedure.Seventy percent of those surveyed initially said they either supported loosening the state’s abortion laws or leaving them the same, according to the statewide survey

Utah DPS disputes driver’s license pics used in facial recognition mining, but lawmakers may hold hearings

Mackenzie Heim July 8, 2019

This story originally appeared at fox13now.com. Read it in its entirety here. State officials are disputing a bombshell report that suggests the FBI and ICE mined the photos of every Utahn with a driver’s license or state ID card using facial recognition software. The report is based on research by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and

Utah lawmakers tee up a court fight with passage of an 18-week abortion ban

Better Utah March 13, 2019

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Republican Utah senators were undaunted by the near-certainty of lawsuits and an uphill battle through the courts as they voted 23-6 along party lines Wednesday evening to ban elective abortions after 18 weeks of fetal development. A bipartisan majority of

Protesters rally in Salt Lake against U.S. immigration policy

Katie Matheson June 2, 2018

This article by Alec Williams originally appeared in the Deseret News. SALT LAKE CITY — About 50 people rallied outside the U.S. Attorney’s Office downtown Friday afternoon, protesting a new “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separates families trying to cross the southwest border. “Today, nearly 200 rallies across the nation are coming together,” María del

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Press Release: Utah Congressional Delegation must join calls for investigation into forced hysterectomies in ICE Detention Centers

Poll: Most Utahns would oppose tighter abortion restrictions

Utah DPS disputes driver’s license pics used in facial recognition mining, but lawmakers may hold hearings

Utah lawmakers tee up a court fight with passage of an 18-week abortion ban

Protesters rally in Salt Lake against U.S. immigration policy

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