Thu Mar 16, 2023 – 12:53 pm EDT
SALT LAKE CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has signed legislation that will prohibit abortion centers from operating in the state, restricting abortions to be committed in hospitals alone.
HB 467 was signed on Wednesday and is set to go into effect on May 2, 2023. While abortion is not completely banned through the bill, the murder of the unborn — through drugs and surgery — will be restricted to hospitals, effectively closing facilities that exist for the sole purpose of committing abortions.
The law “prohibits licensing of abortion clinics after May 2, 2023,” “removes certain references to abortion clinics,” and “provides that inducing or performing [sic] and abortion contrary to statutory requirements is unprofessional conduct for a physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, certified nurse midwife, and direct-entry midwife.”
“An abortion may be performed [sic] in this state only by a physician,” the law continues. An unborn baby may only be killed if he or she “has not reached 18 weeks gestational age” and “[if] the abortion is necessary to avert the death of the woman … or a serious physical risk
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