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House debate amends but does not finalize bill to bar public funding for abortions
Summary
After uncircling first substitute Senate Bill 68, the House debated a measure to prohibit direct and indirect public funding for abortions, considered multiple amendments (including removal of 'indirect' and narrowing rape exceptions) and adopted a health/caesarean exception; the bill remained pending when the House adjourned.
The Utah House of Representatives reopened first substitute Senate Bill 68 on the floor and undertook extended debate over whether public funds should be used to pay for abortion services. Representative Philpott, the bill sponsor, said the measure "eliminates public funding, whether it be direct or indirect" for abortion services and described it as intended to ensure state money does not "subsidize a practice that we in law have stated we do not want to fund."
Supporters framed the bill as a safeguard of public dollars. Representative Philpott told colleagues the measure should be interpreted broadly so the…
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