Judge Axes Wyoming’s Near-Total Ban On Abortion

NBC News reports:

A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution, making the procedure legal up until fetal viability for the time being.

Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions.

Owens wrote that under the two statutes — the Life Act and the Medication Abortion Ban — the state “has enacted laws that impede the fundamental right to make health care decisions for an entire class of people, pregnant women.”

Read the full article. Photo: Republican Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon. Take note of the tweet below.

A Wyoming judge just struck down WY’s abortion bans.

Get this: Judge invoked a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions… that was passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it’d screw Obamacare! Just backfired.

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— Taniel (@Taniel) November 19, 2024