"I support efforts to restrict abortion except in instances of rape and incest or where it's necessary to preserve the life of the mother," Huntsman said through a spokesman.

But abortion rights advocates say the law puts parental rights ahead of teen safety and will lead to more unwanted pregnancies. The law only will encourage teens to seek surreptitious ways to end pregnancies - some of them potentially dangerous to the mother, said Planned Parenthood director Karrie Galloway.

"The state should be embarrassed rather than proud," Galloway said. "We didn't deal at all with teen safety and health in this."

The law will allow a judge to bypass the parental consent requirement if the teen's life or health is in danger or in cases of rape or incest. But even in pregnancies from incest, a parent still must be notified. "That appalls me," said Galloway.

Huntsman deputy chief of staff Mike Mower said the governor is comfortable with the entire bill, including the incest notification requirement, "and was pleased to sign it."

It will take effect May 6.

Galloway said political leaders are overlooking the law's impact on unmarried girls under age 18.

"It sounds like the Legislature and now the governor are saying these teens mean nothing to them," said Galloway. "All their concern is about protecting the parents' rights and they are not considering the teens. If there is a severe problem in the family, that notification is not going to help anyone."

HB85's sponsor Rep. Kerry Gibson, R-Ogden, said it offers as much teen protection as possible by requiring only the non-abusive parent be notified.

"We have the health exception without consent and the provision for judicial bypass with a court order in the case of incest, rape or any other abuse," Gibson said. "We do not want to put kids in a position that they have to tell an abusive father they are getting an abortion."

Abortion rights advocates fear the law will force teens to seek other ways to end unwanted pregnancies, including going out of state and more dangerous methods. "When teens take things in their own hands, all the folklore comes into play," Galloway said.

Huntsman signed more than 50 other bills Wednesday and Thursday, including a ban on smoking in private clubs and bars. SB19, promoted as a health measure to protect people from secondhand smoke, won't take effect in clubs and taverns until 2009. But the ban will take effect in May for employees in child-care facilities and private schools. The governor also signed into law HB322, increasing the state's fee for filing a divorce claim from the current $95 to $155.