“A woman has a right to choose what she does with her body; the baby is not her body.” — Martin Luther King’s daughter, Alveda King
Karianne agrees. In the 2019 Utah Legislative Session, Lisonbee sponsored the Down syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act, a bill seeking to halt the eugenic-like eradication of children with Down syndrome through elective abortion. The bill contained a contingent effective date. This bill will enact when a court of jurisdiction decides in favor of a Down syndrome Nondiscrimination Act being challenged in another state.