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House debates and rejects narrower amendment, advances fetal-homicide measure
Summary
House debate on Senate Bill 178 centered on whether the fetal-homicide provision should cover all stages of development; an amendment to limit the offense to the second and third trimesters failed and the bill was taken up for passage. Lawmakers shared emotional testimony about assaults during pregnancy.
The Utah House considered Senate Bill 178 on March 5, legislation that would make the killing of an unborn child a criminal-homicide offense "at any stage of its development." Sponsor Representative Garn said the bill "conforms current practice with law" and framed it as clarifying existing protections.
Representative Daniels proposed an amendment to limit criminal liability to the second and third trimesters to ease the prosecutorial burden, arguing a trimester-based line would be…
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