Utah Senate, House Make Women Criminally Liable for Intentional Miscarriages

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(This is the response made by Planned Parenthood regarding the passing of HB12 that makes women criminally liable for intention miscarriages. The response shows the votes of all senators and representatives.  Only 12 representatives and four senators voted against it.)
Earlier today, the Senate passed Representative Carl Wimmer’s
House Bill 12, which will make women criminally liable for
intentional miscarriages. During the floor debate, both Senator
Margaret Dayton and Representative Wimmer refused to support an
amendment that would provide protections for victims of domestic
violence! The bill is now going to the House of Representatives
for the signature of the Speaker and will then move to the
Governor for his signature.

Over the last few months, we worked with the ACLU of Utah to
amend the legislation to protect women who seek legal abortion
services. Even with these amendments, however, we are extremely
disappointed that Utah’s legislators would opt to punish women
instead of providing practical options to prevent or to assist
with unintended pregnancies.

At the end of this email, you will find the list of how the
legislators voted. To be clear, voting in favor of the bill is
an Anti-Choice vote; voting against the bill is a Pro-Choice
vote. We applaud the representatives and senators who voted
against this appalling legislation. If your legislator voted
against the bill, please thank them for being reasonable and
fighting to protect women. If you have a legislator who voted
for the bill, please let them know how disappointed you are that
they would support legislation criminalizing pregnant women! You
can find the contact information for your legislator on the
legislature homepage at http://le.utah.gov or by contacting us
at ppac@ppau.org.

Votes of House Bill 12
Legislator name with district in parentheses

House of Representatives:

Voting in favor of the bill

Rep. Aagard (15), Rep. Allen (19), Rep. Anderson (34), Rep. Beck
(48), Rep. Bigelow (32), Rep. Bird (42), Rep. Brown (53), Rep.
Clark, D. (74), Rep. Clark, S. (63), Rep. Cosgrove (44), Rep.
Daw (60), Rep. Dee (11), Rep. Dougall (27), Rep. Draxler (3),
Rep. Duckworth, S. (22), Rep. Dunnigan (39), Rep. Edwards (20),
Rep. Ferry (2), Rep. Fisher, Julie (17), Rep. Fowlke (59), Rep.
Frank (57), Rep. Froerer (8), Rep. Garn (16), Rep. Gibson, F.
(65), Rep. Gibson, K. (6), Rep. Greenwood (12), Rep. Grover
(61), Rep. Hansen (9), Rep. Hendrickson (33), Rep. Herrod (62),
Rep. Hughes (51), Rep. Hunsaker (4), Rep. Hutchings (38), Rep.
Ipson (75), Rep. Kiser (41), Rep. Last (71), Rep. Lockhart (64),
Rep. Mascaro (47), Rep. Mathis (55), Rep. McIff (70), Rep.
Menlove (1), Rep. Newbold (50), Rep. Noel (73), Rep. Oda (14),
Rep. Painter (67), Rep. Poulson (46), Rep. Powell (54), Rep. Ray
(13), Rep. Riesen (36), Rep. Sandstrom (58), Rep. Seegmiller
(49), Rep. Sumsion (56), Rep. Vickers (72), Rep. Wallis (10),
Rep. Webb (5), Rep. Wheatley (35), Rep. Wilcox (7), Rep. Wimmer
(52), Rep. Wright (68)

Voting against the bill

Rep. Biskupski (30), Rep. Black (45), Rep. Chavez-Houck (24),
Rep. Fisher, Janice (29), Rep. Hemingway (40), Rep. Johnson
(25), Rep. King (28), Rep. Litvack (26), Rep. Moss (37), Rep.
Seelig (23), Rep. Watkins (69), Rep. Wiley (31)

Senate:

Voting in favor of the bill

Sen. Adams (22), Sen. Bramble (16), Sen. Buttars (10), Sen.
Christensen (19), Sen. Dayton (15), Sen. Greiner (18), Sen.
Hillyard (25), Sen. Hinkins (27), Sen. Jenkins (20), Sen. Jones
(4), Sen. Knudson (17), Sen. Liljenquist (23), Sen. Madsen (13),
Sen. Mayne (5), Sen. Morgan (8), Sen. Niederhauser (9), Sen.
Okerlund (24), Sen. Stephenson, H. (11), Sen. Stevenson, J.
(21), Sen. Stowell (28), Sen. Urquhart (29), Sen. Valentine
(14), Sen. Van Tassell (26), Sen. Waddoups (6)

Voting against the bill

Sen. Davis (3), Sen. McAdams (2), Sen. Robles (1), Sen. Romero
(7)

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