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Utah Anti-Abortion Bill Citing ?Reckless Act? Is Withdrawn

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Utah Anti-Abortion Bill Citing ?Reckless Act? Is Withdrawn By KIRK JOHNSON Published: March 4, 2010 NY Times DENVER ? A sweeping anti-abortion statute in Utah that would have allowed up to life in prison for a woman whose fetus died from her intentional or reckless behavior was withdrawn by its sponsor on Thursday and will be revised to be narrower in scope. The original bill, which was sent to Gov. Gary R. Herbert, a Republican, for his consideration ? and set off a firestorm of anxiety and criticism from abortion rights and women?s advocacy groups around the country ? now goes back to the Legislature, neither signed nor vetoed. The sponsor, Representative Carl D. Wimmer, a Republican, said he had removed a key clause that would have allowed prosecution under Utah?s criminal homicide laws for a ?reckless act of the woman? that resulted in death to a fetus...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).