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Parental permission for abortion won’t stop Utah’s young women from crossing the state border. It won’t necessarily keep the decision in the family, either.
By Naomi Zeveloff
The week before Monica Bielanko found out she was pregnant, she changed diapers at the Orem retirement home where she worked every day after high school let out. By then it was summertime. Her stint with the incontinent seniors and the still heat of July...
Some of Utah’s LDS Latinos believe their presence is part of Heavenly Father’s master plan.
By Naomi Zeveloff
On the Sunday before Independence Day, Oscar Faria bears testimony at his LDS chapel in South Salt Lake. He stands at the podium in the congregation hall, a room the size of a large boat, with a ceiling of polished wooden beams curving upward. Faria,...