(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is publicly reasserting its position on political neutrality, civil discourse and abortion. The church released a statement yesterday in response to recent inquiries about its stance on specific issues of importance for many this election season. Church […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials say abortion care will remain legal in Utah for now. The state Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction that blocks the Legislature’s near-total abortion ban to stay in place yesterday. Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Utah Democrats reacted positively to the ruling. In […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new report says around half of the women who had abortions in Utah in 2021 did so because they couldn’t afford to care for a child. According to the state Department of Health and Human Services, just over 31-hundred abortions were performed in Utah […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new poll finds 52-percent of Utahns don’t approve of a 2023 law requiring all abortions to be performed in hospitals. The latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll also found that 46-percent of people surveyed approve of an earlier law banning elective abortions and […]
James Altman is a Roman Catholic priest in Wisconsin, little known outside his parish until a few weeks ago. Robert Jeffress is the high-profile pastor of a Baptist megachurch in Dallas. They have a message in common for members of their faiths: Voting for Democrats who support abortion rights is […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Even progressively minded movies about abortion have usually focused on the morality of the decision. Eliza Hittman wanted to make a film where the highest hurdle isn’t deciding to have an abortion. It’s getting it. “For me, it was about the obstacles. I think a lot […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Late Saturday evening, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a sweeping abortion ban into law in the Beehive State. This would prohibit most elective abortions in the Beehive State but will only go into effect should Roe v. Wade be overturned. This is known as Senate Bill 174 and […]
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah city council is scheduled to consider a declaration of opposition to abortion. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that the Riverton City Council’s resolution would declare its support for unborn humans and a belief that life begins “at the moment of conception.” The resolution is scheduled […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Creighton University basketball star will replace former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey as the university’s commencement speaker later this month. Creighton’s president, the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, announced Thursday that Kyle Korver will speak at both May 18 ceremonies scheduled by the Jesuit college in Omaha. […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House has moved the state closer toward adopting one of the strictest abortion waiting periods in the country, approving a measure that would require women to wait 72 hours before undergoing the procedure. The House on Tuesday approved by a 75-13 vote legislation […]
