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Lieutenant Governor [[Gary Herbert]], Republican, inherited the governorship after Governor [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]] resigned to serve as U.S Ambassador to [[China]]. In a state that has not elected a Democrat Governor since 1980, Herbert was elected to a full term.

Lieutenant Governor [[Gary Herbert]], Republican, inherited the governorship after Governor [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]] resigned to serve as U.S Ambassador to [[China]]. In a state that has not elected a Democrat Governor since 1980, Herbert was elected to a full term.

== 2010 Midterm elections and anti-abortion laws ==

== 2010 Midterm elections and wave of anti-abortion laws due to the red wave election ==

The New York Times in a news article about [[Roe vs. Wade]] entitled ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful Red Wave'' stated:

The New York Times in a news article about [[Roe vs. Wade]] entitled ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful Red Wave'' stated:

The three years following the 2010 elections would result in 205 anti-abortion laws across the country, more than in the entire previous decade.

The three years following the 2010 elections would result in 205 anti-abortion laws across the country, more than in the entire previous decade.

“A watershed year in the defense of life,” Charmaine Yoest, at the time president of the anti-abortion group Americans [[United for Life]], proclaimed when the sessions were over, noting that 70 of the laws — restrictions on abortion pills and hurdles for women getting abortions and clinics providing them — had adopted the group’s model legislation. “And that is just the beginning.”<ref>[https://archive.ph/DKB2b#selection-377.0-553.33 ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful Red Wave'']  by Kate Zernike, New York Times, June 25, 2022</ref>}}

“A watershed year in the defense of life,” Charmaine Yoest, at the time president of the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life, proclaimed when the sessions were over, noting that 70 of the laws — restrictions on abortion pills and hurdles for women getting abortions and clinics providing them — had adopted the group’s model legislation. “And that is just the beginning.”<ref>[https://archive.ph/DKB2b#selection-377.0-553.33 ''How Did Roe Fall: Before a Decisive Ruling, A Powerful Red Wave'']  by Kate Zernike, New York Times, June 25, 2022</ref>}}

==Further reading==

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