Plus, Idaho passed a Texas-style abortion bill yesterday. What does it mean for the rest of the U.S.?
Could spring forward, fall back fade into the sunset? |
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| | You may remember from Monday's newsletter that Utah is one of 19 states that have laws that would allow them to make daylight saving time permanent, pending approval from Congress. What's new: The Senate passed a bill yesterday making daylight saving time permanent. If the House approves the bill and President Joe Biden signs it, we can all stop setting our clocks forward and back every year — starting in November 2023. Less than half of the countries around the world observe daylight saving time, according to CNN. As my colleague Matthew Brown wrote in November, there's been disagreement about whether daylight saving time or standard time should be permanent, but both sides seem to agree that changing our clocks twice per year is a bad idea. |
Read more about the potential for permanent daylight saving time. |
| What does the bill do? If signed by the governor, it would allow potential family members of a "preborn child" to sue a doctor who performs an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy What about Utah? Utah is one of 21 states with a so-called trigger law that would impose tight, currently illegal, restrictions on abortion should Roe v. Wade be overturned. Here’s what’s in the bill: A woman can still receive an abortion if the pregnancy poses a life-threatening risk to the woman or “a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.” An exemption is also granted if two physicians who practice “maternal fetal medicine” concur that the fetus “has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal or ... has a severe brain abnormality that is uniformly diagnosable.” Those pregnant as a result of rape or incest are also eligible for an exemption. The physician must verify with law enforcement that the incident was reported. Anyone found guilty of performing an abortion outside the scope of the bill will be charged with a second-degree felony. If a clinic performs an abortion outside the scope of the bill, it could have its license revoked. Read arguments for and against the Idaho bill. More in Politics Utah Taxpayers Association praises lawmakers for tax cut, preventing increases (KSL.com) | COVID Latter-day Saint temples may begin to remove face-mask requirement, other COVID-19 precautions (Deseret News) COVID-19 is surging again in Europe and Asia. What does that mean for Utah? (Deseret News) Faith How Wordle is helping one church prepare for Easter (Deseret News) Perspective: Why do we wait until tragedy strikes to give unity a chance? (Deseret News) Relief Society President Jean B. Bingham on the 180th anniversary of the worldwide women’s organization (Church News) Recreation Visitation at Utah's state parks jumped 10% in 2021. These were the most visited (KSL.com) Business Ogden boasts biggest tech growth in Utah as the industry 'decentralizes' (KUER) American Fork company to build network of lithium iron phosphate battery factories (The Daily Herald) Education Bison now in place where Confederate statue once stood at Dixie State University (Deseret News) Environment White Mesa uranium mill is running as an unregulated radioactive waste site, report states (KUER) The Nation Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws after fight over her climate change stance (NPR) Geomagnetic storm watch issued this week: What does that mean? (Deseret News) Thousands of Afghan refugees are still waiting for housing (Deseret News) The World Kyiv faces major attacks as European leaders plan visit (Deseret News) How do Americans join the Ukrainian army, and is it legal? (Deseret News) Watch: Missile explodes in front of civilian walking through Kyiv (Deseret News) Why women are uniquely able to document war, from the photojournalist sharing heartbreaking images of Ukraine (Deseret News) Entertainment Disney+ is leaning into mature content. Here’s why (Deseret News) Perspective: ‘The Batman’ is ‘Twilight VI’ and that’s not a bad thing (Deseret News) | That's all for this morning. Check your inbox tomorrow for more news from the Beehive State and beyond! And tell us what you think about Utah Today by replying to this email or emailing [email protected]. — Ashley |
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