Utah judge blocks law prohibiting new abortion facilities
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed last month by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. Per the law, the licensing of new abortion facilities in the state is prohibited, while current facilities must close once their licenses expire, leaving hospitals as the only facilities where abortions can be committed. The abortion leaders challenged the law on the basis that it violates the state constitution’s rights to privacy and bodily integrity.
When filing the lawsuit, the abortion businesses asked Judge Andrew Stone to place an injunction so that it would not go into effect while the suit was considered by the courts. In his ruling, Stone granted the injunction, noting that Planned Parenthood had presented enough evidence to warrant that the law “singles out” abortion facilities.
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