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Utah Republicans made a new court to speed up cases — but it’s already slowing rulings down

A fight over Utah’s abortion trigger law is being delayed because of a challenge to the state’s new constitutional court.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A banner is draped over a Planned Parenthood Association of Utah location in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, after the Utah Supreme Court ruled that abortion would remain legal up to 18 weeks while the state awaits a lower court’s ruling on a near-total ban.