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SALT LAKE CITY A proposal to make it illegal to transfer fetal remains outside of Utah for any purpose other than burial got taken off the table Friday by the sponsor.
Under HB231, anyone who transports aborted or miscarried fetal remains across state lines, or who arranges to do so, could face a class B misdemeanor. The bill would not apply to fetuses less than 20 weeks gestational age. I became aware that aborted fetuses in Utah are shipped out of state, where of course Utah s laws no longer apply. And so I wondered why they do that, and started looking into that. And it occurred to me that we could probably use a bill that would close that loophole, bill sponsor Rep. Cheryl Acton, R-West Jordan has said.