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Utah bill would impose a pre-abortion ultrasound requirement

Better Utah February 20, 2020

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Women in Utah would have to undergo an ultrasound as a prerequisite to an abortion under a bill unveiled Wednesday in the Legislature.Moreover, the physician or technician performing the ultrasound would have to describe “the presence and location of each unborn child in the uterus,” display the images so that a

Press Release: Better Utah responds to Christiansen’s ultrasound bill

Better Utah February 19, 2020

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, Representative Steve Christiansen’s ultrasound bill was numbered. The bill, H.B. 364 Abortion Revisions, would mandate that a physician give a woman an ultrasound, describe the images produced by the ultrasound, and make the cardiac rhythm audible if possible. The bill includes a

Press Release: Better Utah statement on Congressional vacancy bill

Better Utah February 11, 2020

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, HB 17 and HJR 1, passed the Utah House. The bills address how Utah would handle the vacancy of a U.S. Senator. Currently, the law requires that the political party of the leaving senator would nominate three candidates to replace them, one

Better Utah statement on Sen. Bramble’s abortion bill

Better Utah February 10, 2020

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2020 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, SB 67 2nd Sub, Disposition of Fetal Remains, passed the Utah Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senator Bramble and Representative Lisonbee, would require a woman who has an abortion or a miscarriage in a medical facility to decide what to do with

Utah Senate votes to require burial or cremation of fetal remains

Better Utah February 10, 2020

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Members of the Utah Senate gave an early vote of support on Monday to a bill that requires health care providers to either bury or cremate the remains of an abortion or miscarriage. Bill sponsor Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, said the bill is meant to ensure that the bodies of unborn children

Press Release: Better Utah responds to tax reform proposal

Better Utah October 18, 2019

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force released its first draft of a new tax reform proposal. The tax proposal includes restoration of the full sales tax on food, lowers the income tax rate, and proposes eliminating the tax earmark for education,

Press Release: Better Utah statement on tax reform behind closed doors

Better Utah August 20, 2019

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT – In response to an article in the Deseret News about yesterday’s Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force meeting, in which it was stated that the final tax reform proposal could possibly be crafted in a closed GOP caucus meeting, Lauren Simpson, policy director

Utah leaders react to the uncertain fate of the Affordable Care Act

Mackenzie Heim July 28, 2019

This story originally appeared at deseret.com. Read it in its entirety here. Utahns are watching closely as the future of the Affordable Care Act is considered by three judges on the other side of the country. A three-judge panel, two Republican-appointed and one Democrat-appointed, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in

Utah Sen. Dan McCay to introduce bill to end elective abortion ‘because it matters’

Mackenzie Heim July 19, 2019

This story originally appeared at ksl.com. Read it in its entirety here. A new group calling itself Abortion-Free Utah launched a campaign Wednesday to end elective abortion in the state, while a state senator plans to run a bill to make the practice illegal in Utah. The effort specifically targets the Planned Parenthood Association of

Press Release: Sean Reyes’ attempt to take a healthcare from Utahns heard in Federal Appeals Court

Better Utah July 9, 2019

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, a federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in Texas Vs U.S. The lawsuit is backed by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, and aims to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. Lauren Simpson, policy director for Alliance for a Better

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