Utah Senate Passes Abortion Ban
The Utah Senate on Wednesday passed a tough anti-abortion bill that Gov. Normman H. Bangerter promised to sign despite a legal fight promised by abortion rights advocates.
The Senate voted 23 to 5 in favor of the bill, which would ban most abortions in Utah. The legislation goes to the House Health Committee today and to the full House probably by Friday.
House passage is expected. Seventy percent of Utah residents and 90% of the 104 state lawmakers belong to the Mormon Church.
The legislation uses a two-tiered approach, setting strict limits on abortion in the first section but loosening the restrictions in a second section that would apply if the first were ruled unconstitutional.
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