Utah governor signs bill requiring biological fathers to share the cost of pregnancy
Under the new law, fathers won’t have to pay for abortions they didn’t consent to.
(Teresa Crawford | AP file photo) In this 2018 photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. Under a Utah bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Spencer Cox, biological fathers will have to pay for half of the out-of-pocket costs of pregnancy and childbirth.
| March 17, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Biological fathers will have to pay for half of the out-of-pocket costs of pregnancy and childbirth under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Spencer Cox.
Bill requiring fathers to pay 50% of pregnancy costs clears the Senate
The bill would apply to a pregnant mother’s health insurance premiums and all medical costs related to the pregnancy from conception to birth.
(Teresa Crawford | AP file photo) In this Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. A bill that passed through the Utah Senate on Thursday would require a biological father to pay half of the out-of-pocket pregnancy costs for the woman carrying their unborn child.
| Feb. 18, 2021, 11:49 p.m.
HB113, which requires a final procedural vote in the Senate before heading to the governor for his signature or veto, would apply to a pregnant mother’s health insurance premiums and all medical costs related to the pregnancy from conception to birth.