Wyoming’s anti-abortion law that went into effect on Sunday, bans abortions in nearly all circumstances, except in cases of rape, incest or saving a pregnant person’s life.
A judge in Wyoming temporarily blocked the state’s recently enacted abortion ban Wednesday, allowing the procedure to remain legal as the court hears legal challenges brought against the law, which bans abortions in nearly all circumstances.... [+]Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens granted a restraining order against the law, which bans nearly all abortions, except in the case of rape, incest or if a pregnant person’s life is in danger.
The court will now hear a lawsuit challenging the abortion ban and another law—that will go into effect on July 1—banning the prescription, distribution and sale of abortion pills. The plaintiffs—two women and four healthcare providers—argue that the abortion ban violates Wyoming’s constitution, which says adults have the right to make their own health care decisions.
The new law tries to circumvent this by stating “abortion as defined in this act is not health care.”“The state can not legislate away a constitutional right. It’s not clear whether abortion is health care. The court has to then decide that,” Owens said in herWyoming’s abortion ban went into effect on Sunday, and last week the state’s Governor Mark Gordon approved the nation’s first law banning the abortion pills.
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