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House passes first substitute of HB90 after hours of debate over viability and penalties
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After heated floor debate, the House approved a first substitute to HB90 to align fetal‑homicide language with other homicide statutes, clarify viability using Supreme Court language and expand post‑viability exceptions; a motion to reduce the felony level failed before final passage.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 3 passed a first substitute to House Bill 90, the abortion‑law amendment, after extended floor debate over definitions of viability, criminal penalties for illegal abortion and exceptions for fetal deformity.
Representative Paul Ray, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure brings statutory language about fetal homicide into alignment with other homicide statutes and uses language drawn from the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify viability. “We already have a fetal homicide bill here in the state of Utah,” Ray said in opening remarks, arguing the…
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