Wimmer, a Republican, said he had removed a key clause that would have allowed prosecution under Utah's criminal homicide laws for a "reckless act of the woman" that resulted in death to a fetus. Language will remain, he said, that makes a woman's "intentional" actions, if resulting in the death of her fetus in an illegal abortion, a felony.Basically, Wimmer is seeking to address the concerns raised that "the language about 'reckless' acts could open the door to a witch hunt where every miscarriage was potentially subject to police questioning."
Which will leave a bill criminalizing illegal abortion in a state that increasingly discourages legal abortions.
