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Utah legislators weighing bill to give inmates birth control

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Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah legislator’s proposal to give contraceptives to jail inmates sparked a passionate debate Tuesday about whether birth control qualifies as essential health care or an elective medication.
HB102 would require jailers to provide inmates with the contraceptives they were already taking before their incarceration.
For women in the criminal justice system, 84% of their pregnancies are unintended compared to 50% of pregnancies overall, bill sponsor Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost, D-Salt Lake City, told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee.
While inmates usually don’t get pregnant while they’re in jail, the discontinuation of their birth control regimen creates risk if they have sex soon before or after as the average jail stay is 27 days about the length of a woman’s menstrual cycle. They also face worse outcomes for themselves and their children due to thei ....

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Are contraceptives essential health care? Legislators debate bill to give inmates birth control

HB102 would require jailers to provide inmates with the contraceptives they were already taking before their incarceration.
For women in the criminal justice system, 84% of their pregnancies are unintended compared to 50% of pregnancies overall, bill sponsor Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost, D-Salt Lake City, told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee.
While inmates usually don t get pregnant while they re in jail, the discontinuation of their birth control regimen creates risk if they have sex soon before or after as the average jail stay is 27 days about the length of a woman s menstrual cycle. They also face worse outcomes for themselves and their children due to their situation. They should be able to start their families when they re in a better place In their lives, Dailey-Provost said. ....

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Utah bill aims to prevent unintended pregnancies by helping women in jails stay on prescribed contraceptives

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A Utah state representative is trying again to pass a bill that would allow women held in jails to be able to stay on their prescribed birth control, with the goal to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
HB102, sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost, D-Salt Lake City, passed committee by a 9-3 vote Tuesday. It now goes to the House floor.
“This is a really effective, efficient, humane way to avoid a lot of . very bad outcomes for people and for children in this state,” Dailey-Provost said. “Because we want women to have babies when they want them. We absolutely want to support people starting families when they’re ready for it, when they feel ready to do so.” ....

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Utah lawmaker seeks stronger state database to help patients find vaccination data

Utah lawmaker seeks stronger state database to help patients find vaccination data
Ashley Imlay
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Granite School District teachers and staff wait in line to receive the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine at Hunter Junior High School in West Valley City on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
SALT LAKE CITY A proposed bill in Utah could strengthen the state’s vaccine database to help patients and their doctors learn which vaccines they’ve gotten and when.
Currently, data often gets lost in the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System or it doesn’t get entered at all, said bill sponsor Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, who is a doctor by trade. ....

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