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Utah Sterilization Doctors List
Welcome to the list of Doctors in the State of Utah who are willing to tie your tubes, regardless of Child Free Status, Marital Status or Family Size, - as long as you are age 21 or older! I created this site as an expansion of the Tubal List going around on Social Media. Here you will find Two different types of Mapping to make it easier for you to find the right doctor for YOU.
The first map is a map to where you can find the doctors office closest to you via either Zip Code or City and State. The double arrow to the right of the find locations button is how you can switch between zip code and city and state. You can use this map to get driving directions to your doctor's office.
The second map is where you can find the doctor's website, phone number, and most importantly, client reviews. These two maps used together will help you to make a fully informed decision on YOUR healthcare and YOUR right to have bodily autonomy. Click on the square button at the top left of the second map and you will be shown a list of the doctor's offices. Click on the square at the top right of the map and you can view a larger map in a new tab.
The third map is an interactive state by state map that links to all of the other state pages here on this site. This will help those of you who live in bordering states where the closest doctor is in another state, then you can click on the neighboring state in order to get the doctor's website, phone number, and client reviews.
I am able to keep this site completely free to use, paid for by the use of my free prescription discount card listed before the first map and also listed right after the third map. Please save the card and share it with all of your friends. Also please share this site with everyone you know!
I am happy to help you in your journey in getting your Tubes Tied!
Utah Reproductive Laws
In the fractured landscape of American reproductive rights, Utah presents a uniquely complex and precarious situation. Unlike states that have enacted and enforced near-total abortion bans, Utah exists in a state of suspended animation, where access to abortion is governed not by the legislature's most restrictive impulses, but by the ongoing intervention of the judiciary. While a "trigger ban" designed to outlaw nearly all abortions sits on the books, it remains unenforced, held at bay by a critical court injunction. This has left the state in a legal limbo, where the future of reproductive healthcare hangs on the thread of a protracted court battle, creating a climate of profound uncertainty for patients and providers alike.
At the center of this conflict is Utah's trigger law, Senate Bill 174. Passed in 2020, the law was designed to take effect upon the overturning of Roe v. Wade and would have criminalized abortion at any stage of pregnancy, making it a second-degree felony. The exceptions were narrow: to save the life of the pregnant person, to prevent "a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function," in cases of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement, or for uniformly fatal fetal anomalies confirmed by two maternal-fetal medicine specialists.
When the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision came down in June 2022, the trigger ban briefly went into effect. However, the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) immediately filed a lawsuit, arguing that the ban violated several provisions of the Utah Constitution. A state district court judge agreed that the case had merit and issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the trigger ban from being enforced.
The state appealed this decision, but in a pivotal ruling in August 2024, the Utah Supreme Court upheld the injunction. The court did not rule on the ultimate constitutionality of the ban but affirmed that the plaintiffs had raised serious legal questions and that the law should remain blocked while the case proceeds in the lower court. This decision was a significant victory for abortion rights advocates and ensured that, for the foreseeable future, the trigger ban would remain dormant.
With the trigger ban on hold, abortion access in Utah is currently governed by a separate, less restrictive law that bans the procedure after 18 weeks of gestation. This 18-week law contains the same exceptions for life of the mother, rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies as the trigger ban. While still a significant restriction, the 18-week limit and its more defined exceptions stand in contrast to the near-total bans enforced in neighboring states.
However, the legislature has attempted to curtail access through other means. In 2023, lawmakers passed H.B. 467, a law that would have effectively eliminated abortion clinics by requiring all procedures to be performed in a hospital setting. Critics argued this was a de facto ban, as hospitals are often more expensive, less accessible, and typically only perform abortions in the most extreme medical circumstances. Like the trigger ban, this "clinic ban" was also challenged by PPAU and promptly blocked by a court injunction, folding it into the same overarching legal battle.
The core of this battle rests on the interpretation of the Utah Constitution. PPAU's lawsuit argues that the state constitution provides broader protections for individual rights than the U.S. Constitution. The legal challenge cites rights to bodily integrity, privacy, and equal protection under the state's Equal Rights Amendment, contending that the decision to continue a pregnancy is a fundamental right that cannot be stripped away by the legislature. This focus on state-level constitutional protections represents a key legal strategy for reproductive rights advocates in the post-Roe era.
For the women of Utah, this legal tug-of-war creates a confusing and stressful reality. While abortion remains legal up to 18 weeks, that access feels tenuous, wholly dependent on the next court ruling. Patients must still navigate a 72-hour waiting period and, for minors, strict parental consent laws. The threat that the injunctions could one day be lifted hangs over every decision, forcing many to consider out-of-state travel as a more reliable, albeit far more costly and burdensome, option.
In conclusion, the state of reproductive rights in Utah is defined by its precarity. It is a place where the law on the books is not the law in practice. While the courts have so far preserved a significant measure of abortion access, the legislature remains determined to eliminate it. The future will be decided not by politicians, but by judges weighing the fundamental rights guaranteed in the state's own constitution against the power of the government to control the most personal aspects of a person's life. For now, Utah remains in a state of legal limbo, a critical battleground in the ongoing fight for reproductive autonomy.
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