Commentary: Utah legislators ignored expert advice on abortion law
Citizens understand that legislators must make laws impacting areas in which they lack expertise. That is their job. It is also their responsibility to listen to expert opinion and make laws that result in the greatest benefit and the least harm.Lawmakers failed in their duty to the citizens of Utah when they passed House Bill 136, a law that would ban most abortions after 18 weeks gestation. Real people will be harmed as a result.We are maternal fetal specialists who care for women with complic
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