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Utah’s pre-abortion course would feature heartbeat audio, procedure images under new state bill

Women would have to affirm “under penalty of perjury” that they completed the online program before terminating a pregnancy.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 file photo, Whitney Duhaime, center, shares her opinions with an anti-abortion protester as the Planned Parenthood Action Council holds a community rally at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers once again will consider a proposal to make the state's abortion laws even stricter, this time including a measure subjecting a woman to possible criminal prosecution for not being truthful about watching a state-produced video from start to finish.