Planned Parenthood Utah

Students United for Reproductive Freedom is working to support USU peers with transportation, resources, and access to care.

In other news, 140 incarcerated people at the Utah State Correctional Facility are in quarantine for scabies treatment after one person tested positive for the contagious rash.

Sen. Dan McCay said this will be a short-term solution while courts decide the fate of the state’s trigger ban.

Due to deficiencies identified by the Department of Health and Human Services, Highland Ridge Hospital in Midvale is no longer allowed to accept new patients.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and ACLU Utah claim the recent law requiring abortions to be performed in hospitals, not clinics, effectively prohibits abortion across the state.

After two years online, the Cache Valley Chocolate Festival is taking place in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Utah judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday, June 27, banning Utah's new abortion law from taking effect. The restraining order lasts for fourteen days. Planned Parenthood of Utah requested the restraining order while its lawsuit is considered in the courts. In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah claims Utah’s "trigger" abortion law violates the Utah Constitution.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, June 24. The ruling revokes the constitutional right to an abortion that has been in place for nearly fifty years. Now, it is up to states to determine abortion rights.