Utah Supreme Court Hears Case on Legality of Abortions in Utah

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The Utah Supreme Court is now considering Utah's 'trigger law,' which bans abortion in the state except under specific circumstances like rape, incest or the mother's health. Attorneys argued before 5 Utah justices for 4 hours today.

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Although the Utah Constitution accounts for unenumerated rights, she said in order for those rights to exist there needs to be some history to support them. Meehan said if the court simply rules that Planned Parenthood did not have legal standing to bring the case forward but not address the other issues, they would simply find an individual plaintiff who did have standing and start the process of a preliminary injunction all over again. She asked the court not to rule just on standing and give some constitutional analysis to avoid the case coming to back to the Utah Supreme Court on a different preliminary injunction.

"We have a changed circumstance here. Our founders could not possibly have imagined a world where abortion is safe, legal and routine," Vega said. She said the most important thing in a preliminary injunction is to "preserve the status quo," and the status quo is allowing abortions.Although attorneys are often given a limited amount of time to present their arguments, Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant made it clear before arguments began that the judges were going to ask questions until they no longer had any to ensure that they don't have any outstanding questions when considering the case.

 

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