Utah Judge Temporarily Halts Anti-Abortion Law.

A Utah state judge temporarily blocked a new law that would have banned abortion clinics and potentially put a halt to most abortions in the state. The law makes it a crime to provide abortion anywhere other than a hospital, and abortion clinics would lose their licenses if they performed the procedure. The law was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, but the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah sued, arguing that the law would all but eliminate abortion. The practical effect, for now, is that abortion services can continue uninterrupted at the state’s four clinics.