Op-Eds

Utah should be the next state to explore these innovative and effective treatment options, and Utah’s lawmakers should explore ways to deregulate barriers to this treatment option via avenues such as occupational licensing reform.

Utah’s lawmakers will have a plethora of regulatory decisions to make surrounding these tools. With these decisions, lawmakers must allow the benefits of the tools to be reaped by their citizens to their fullest extent.

When it comes to statutory restrictions that use age-verification mechanisms, legislators should slow down. It’s impossible to contain a breach once it occurs, and that’s enough reason to get these bills right the first time with as much input as possible.