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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Abortions not performed by a doctor through a medical procedure would be illegal under a measure that passed the Utah Legislature Thursday.
The Senate voted 24-4 to pass House Bill 12, advancing it to the Gov. Gary Herbert's office.
The bill sponsored by Herriman Republican Rep. Carl Wimmer was prompted by a case in Uintah County in which prosecutors alleged a pregnant 17-year-old girl paid a man $150 to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage.
Those who voted against the bill feared that women who suffer a natural miscarriage or one caused by domestic violence could find themselves open to prosecution.
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