Utah will require biological fathers to pay 50% of pregnancy costs

A recently passed bill in Utah will require biological fathers in the state to pay for half of the out-of-pocket costs of pregnancy. 

The bill, sponsored by Republican state Representative Brady Brammer was signed by Governor Spencer Cox after receiving widespread support from lawmakers in the state. The bill now requires fathers to pay 50% of a mother's insurance premiums while she is pregnant and pregnancy-related medical costs, including the hospital birth of the child, that are not paid by another person. According to the legislation, if paternity is disputed, the father of the child owes no money until paternity is established.