Guv signs bill requiring 72-hour wait for abortions
The governor signed other bills during the day, then did this one late afternoon/early evening.
Iirc, the other state that has this waiting period is in court with it.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed legislation Tuesday requiring women to wait 72 hours before receiving an abortion, giving the state the longest waiting period in the country.
"The governor is an adamant supporter of rights for the unborn and felt the bill appropriately allows a woman facing such a decision time to fully weigh her options, as well as the implications of the decision," said Ally Isom, the governor’s spokeswoman.
But Marina Lowe, an attorney with the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which urged the governor to veto the bill, said the new Utah law raises serious constitutional questions.
That's all I have for now, and we're in the middle of bedtime routine here, for about another hour.