OK, let me just add that State law and Federal law can differ widely. Utah is a VERY conservative state, in more ways then just legal, so worrying about what the Utah State Supreme court allows or disallows is not that likely to impact choices of most other states or the Federal laws. So I think you can probably rest easy about the decision of this case affecting the overall outcome of such cases in the US or outside the US.

We have a justice system in the US that allows for "precedents" to be used to argue for and/or against a particular outcome which is why people get concerned about a precedent being set, however each case is still tried on its own merit. And a case being tried still happens or not on the say so of those in charge of upholding and the laws and bringing to justice those who break the laws if they have sufficient evidence to do so. Some may be bribe-able, but I prefer to believe that most do the job they do because they believe they can make a difference.

In this case it sounds like this woman (months beyond the stage where she could legally or safely have an abortion) made choices that brought about the death of one of her babies .... and if she was at the point where they were advising an immediate c-section, most states would legally consider this a "baby" and not a "fetus". Just a few things I think should be considered when discussing this case.