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New Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay 50% Of Mother’s Pregnancy Costs

A new Utah law will require the father of an unborn baby to pay half of the costs of the pregnancy.

HB 113 requires that the father of the unborn baby pay 50% of the mother’s insurance premiums during the pregnancy, as well as “pregnancy-related medical costs, including the hospital birth of the child, that are not paid by another person.”

If the paternity of the father is questioned, the father will not be required to pay the mother’s expenses until paternity has been established.

Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed the law, Shared Medical Costs, into law March 16 after the legislation received widespread support from the state’s lawmakers, according to CBS News. The legislation was sponsored by Republican state Rep. Brady Brammer and will go into effect in May.

Under HB 113, unless the mother needs an abortion to save her life or in cases of rape or incest, the father will owe no money if the mother gets an abortion without his consent.

The new legislation makes Utah the only state that requires pre-birth support, the Associated Press reported, though Wisconsin and New York have provisions that may cause fathers to pay for pre-birth expenses.

Critics of the new law, such as Planned Parenthood workers, argue that it will make abusive situations more dangerous for pregnant women, the AP reported.

But Brammer said that the law helps ease the stress of bringing a new baby into the world.

“We want to help people and actually be pro-life in how we do it as opposed to anti-abortion,” Brammer said, according to the AP. “One of the ways to help with that was to help the burden of pregnancy be decreased.”

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Mary Margaret Olohan

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