Hospital-Only Abortion Law Added to Utah Provider’s Suit (1)

April 4, 2023, 1:43 PM UTCUpdated: April 4, 2023, 2:57 PM UTC

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is expanding its attempt to keep abortion legal in the state by asking a judge to block a new law that prohibits the procedures outside of hospitals.

The provision, which also struck abortion clinics from its health-care facility licensing categories, is scheduled to take effect May 3, according to PPAU’s request to supplement a previously filed complaint that challenged Utah’s near-total abortion ban. The provider asked Salt Lake County’s Third Judicial District Court to halt the new law before that date.

Judge Andrew H. Stone already issued a preliminary injunction stopping enforcement of the earlier ...

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