With his signature Wednesday, Gov. Spencer Cox officially signed into a law banning abortion clinics in Utah starting as early as this year.
Matylda Blaszczak, co-president of Students United For Reproductive Freedom at the University of Utah, she says she and and other pro-choice activists are disappointed, but not surprised by the Cox signing HB467.
The governor says the bill was needed to clarify state abortion laws around rape, incest, and health and safety of the mother. The law will also de-license abortion clinics and prevent new ones from forming, requiring women seeking an abortion to get one at a hospital.
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