A judge will hear arguments on whether abortions should resume in Wyoming after the state enacted a first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills.
. Abortion-rights supporters are also seeking to stop that law, signed by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday, but it is not set to take effect until July 1.
So far, Owens has sympathized somewhat with the two nonprofits, two doctors and two other women who have sued to block Wyoming's broader abortions bans. Police stand at the scene of an overnight fire that severely damaged a building that was being renovated to house a new abortion clinic in Casper, Wyoming, on May 25, 2022. A judge plans to hear arguments on whether abortions should resume in the state.
In July, Owens found that their concerns that the law would harm women and doctors and violate the state constitution could have merit. State lawmakers then wrote their new law to try to override those objections.
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