The Utah Supreme Court will come together Tuesday to hear arguments as to whether a near-ban on abortion should be reinstated. In Utah, abortion is currently legal up to 18 weeks.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last year that the Constitution does not protect a woman’s right to abortion, policymaking in that sphere was left to the states and a 2020 trigger law went into effect in Utah.
As Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed a lawsuit challenging that law, the question then became: Does the Utah Constitution confer such reproductive rights?
Within a few days of Utah’s abortion ban falling into place, a district court judge blocked it with a restraining order, and later an injunction. The Utah attorney general’s office appealed the injunction, and after some delays and complications, the supreme court will hear arguments as to whether it should stay in place Tuesday.
Watch the hearing here: Utah Supreme Court live feed
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