District Judge Dan Forgey issued a temporary block of Wyoming’s heartbeat-based abortion ban while the challenge to its legality works its way through the courts.
Several Republican senators joined with Democrats to block the amendment, though some Republicans suggested they would support another version of the measure.
Wyoming’s high court ruled 4-1 that ‘health care’ in the state Constitution must be understood to include abortion, prompting strong backlash from the conservative state’s leaders.
‘Unless we name it for what it is — institutional grooming masquerading as health care — it will continue to expand, unchecked,’ Gays Against Groomers warned.
A Wyoming judge granted a preliminary injunction against a law regulating the off-label use of abortion drugs, keeping open a way around the state's chemical-abortion ban.
The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether abortion is a 'right’ in the state constitution, a decision that could end years of legal limbo for the state’s pro-life laws.
A Wyoming abortion facility is challenging a new law that requires abortuaries to obtain an ambulatory surgical license to continue killing unborn children as well as legislation requiring ultrasounds before abortions.
Wyoming legislators voted to ensure women see an ultrasound of their baby before taking chemical abortion drugs. The state's socially liberal governor vetoed it, but legislators overrode his veto.
17 states have taken action to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and criteria from public institutions as of the beginning of March, with legislation pending in an additional 12.
Wyoming has a general abortion ban as well as the first law in the nation specifically prohibiting the distribution of abortion pills. Governor Mark Gordon says he will defend both laws against the latest ruling by Judge Melissa Owens.