Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation into law on Monday legally requiring biological fathers to help with paying medical costs in the pregnancy if the biological mother requests it.
The legislation, House Bill 113, has been backed by Utah Republicans, Rep. Brady Brammer and Sen. Dan McCay. It received widespread support in the GOP-controlled chamber.
Fathers are required in accordance with the new law to pay 50 percent of a mother’s insurance premiums and other pregnancy-related medical costs—including the hospital birth of the child—that isn’t paid by another person.
According to the bill, it will only apply to fathers whose paternity can be confirmed.
They should do that here in Maryland.