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Los Angeles — Planned Parenthood Hood's Utah branch filed a lawsuit on Saturday seeking to block the state's ban on abortion. It came into effect on Friday after the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case, which granted women's constitutional rights to abortion.
Utah immediately banned abortion under the so-called "trigger law" as soon as the Supreme Court decided to terminate its constitutional rights, which had been in effect for almost 50 years, on Friday8. It was one of the two states. Year. Up to 25 Republican-controlled states are expected to follow suit by banning or restricting access to abortion within the next few months.
Utah has outlawed abortion, except to save the lives of mothers through rape, incest, and a law passed in 2020.
Utah's Planned Parent-Child Relations Association is part of the national abortion rights organization, claiming in law that the provisions of the Utah Constitution protect the right to abortion. increase.
The Utah branch is also seeking a temporary restraint order to prevent the ban from coming into effect. Without urgent court bailouts, at least 55 Utahns would not be able to receive the necessary abortion treatment this week, the proceedings allege.
Utah proceedings mark the beginning of a potentially widespread proceeding in a state seeking to suspend or at least delay the enforcement of abortion restrictions and bans in about half of the country. .. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial forum in the United States and has final say on issues such as gun rights and abortion, so success is unlikely.
Under Utah law, healthcare providers are arrested and fined for providing abortion treatment. Victims of sexual assault can have an abortion only if they submit a police report. This excludes most victims. (Reported by Tim Reid, edited by Daniel Wallis)
