Hoping it will streamline the implementation of Utah’s 2020 trigger abortion ban should the Utah Supreme Court uphold it, lawmakers are advancing a bill to repeal portions of last year’s legislation that bans abortion clinics. The Utah House last week approved HB560 on a 59-10 vote, with Democrats voting against. Monday, the bill won approval from a Senate committee. […]
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Utah teachers will be free to display LGBTQ+ Pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery after the state House blocked a bill on Monday that would have banned teachers from using their position to promote or disparage certain beliefs. Both Democrats and Republicans criticized the bill’s vague language and warned that it could stymie important lessons in critical thinking. Educators would have been prohibited under the bill from encouraging a student to reconsider their sexual orientation or gender, and they could have faced punishment for affirming or refusing to affirm a student's identity.
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