Utah

A year ago a girl in Utah paid someone to beat her until she miscarried.  Now her case is back up for review.

Georgia tables motion that would have forced all abortions into hospitals, new Virginia clinic regulations will be set in months, people with HIV at greater risk of bone fractures, and the Utah legislature passes three abortion-related bills.

Would-be clinic bomber gets short sentence thanks to good grades, BYU basketball player kicked off the team for having premarital sex, prosecutors may seek death penalty against Kermit Gosnell, and NYC will be the next city that requires CPC's to disclose they don't provide abortion.

Tennessee wants to ban any mention of homosexuality in grade school, Iowa may be legalizing the murder of abortion providers, and Planned Parenthood clinics - and their advocates - across the country warn about the devastating impact of the Pence amendment.

The ten most read stories on RH Reality Check this year include Christine O'Donnell's crusade against masturbation, a look at how universities deal with sex in dorms, and early reporting of the Utah legislation that sought to criminalize miscarriage.

As a consequence of conservative "fiscal responsibility" more and more preventative care programs are finding themselves running out of money.

Utah is cutting support for special needs children in adoptive and foster families, forcing some families to return those children to the state. Meanwhile, the number of homeless children has skyrocketed. But of course, the far right wants to restrict women's ability to decide whether, when and with whom to have children.  It's all about "life."

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For Labor Day, we look at birth in Ghana, racial disparities in the U.S. and what constitutes "sex ed" in Utah.

That every pregnant woman should have adequate health care and equal health choices should be unarguable.  But sadly, we're still arguing anyway.

A Denver school makes borth control available to its students, and parents as far away as Alabama are upset.  Plus, more from the "anti-epidural" legislator