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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has approved a bill that makes Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later. The measure is based on the disputed premise that a fetus can feel pain at that point. Many doctors in Utah and nationwide are concerned that the plan could pose a risk to women because fetal anesthesia is unnecessary.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah firefighters asked a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against state authorities who the men claim falsely accused them of prescription drug fraud after a warrantless search of a state prescription drug database. Criminal charges were later dismissed, but lawyers for the two firefighters argue that giving police unfettered access to records of all prescription drugs dispensed to patients is unconstitutional.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State air quality regulators are taking public comments on a medical waste burning plant's proposal to relocate to Tooele County. The Division of Air Quality will hold a hearing on Stericycle relocation plan on April 18 in Tooele.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rodney Hood scored 30 points and the Jazz turned Kobe Bryant's last visit to Utah into the worst loss of his career with a 123-75 victory last night that matched the Lakers' largest defeat in franchise history. The Jazz had their biggest offensive night of the season and remained in the No. 7 slot in the Western Conference playoff race, one game ahead of the Houston Rockets.
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