A biological father will not have to pay anything if the mother has an abortion without his consent, unless the abortion is medically necessary to keep the mother alive or if the pregnancy was the result of incest orThe bill’s chief sponsor, Republican state Rep. Brady Brammer, told The Associated Press the bill was not intended to lower the number of, but he said that could be a result.
“We want to help people and actually be pro-life in how we do it as opposed to anti-abortion,” Brammer said. “One of the ways to help with that was to help the burden of pregnancy be decreased.”“Anything we can do to support women in these circumstances will help them be able to give birth to their babies, feel good about that choice, and feel supported along the way,” said Merrilee Boyack, chairman of the Abortion-Free Utah coalition.
Katrina Barker, a spokesperson for the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, said she doubts the law will cut the number of abortions because the cost of an abortion is small, compared to the overall costs of raising a child. She said expanding
I support the law. The father must help his child.
but the real costs come when you have to raise the child. for that theyre not responsible (unless the mother has the money to count a court case)