Judge Melissa Owens said she wouldn’t consider the case since patients have been turned away from care at Wellspring Health Access in Natrona County.
About Hanna Merzbach
Hanna is a Wyoming Public Radio/Mountain West News Bureau reporter based in Teton County. She got her start in radio at KHOL where her award-winning work covering women's health access in the region landed on NPR and stations across the Rockies. In her free time, you can find Hanna scaling rock walls or adventuring in the mountains.
Recent Stories by Hanna Merzbach
Feds already got 50,000 comments on grizzly bears. Now they want more.
The debate over whether to keep federal protections for grizzlies is “deeply laden in values,” according to one expert.
Wyoming Supreme Court schedules hearing on abortion ban challenge
Justices will consider whether Wyoming’s two near-total abortion bans enacted in 2023 are constitutional.
Wyoming Supreme Court: Anti-abortion lawmakers can’t be involved in court case
Chief Justice Katie Fox denied the lawmaker’s proposal in a brief order filed March 4.
‘SHRED’ Act could help ski resorts buy new chair lifts and restaurants
The money would go to the U.S. Forest Service, which controls the ski resort land, and help pay for more staff or ski initiatives.
Wyoming tells state supreme court to restrict abortion access
In a new legal brief, the state continues to argue that abortion doesn’t count as healthcare, and a district judge made a mistake in granting access last year.
Grizzly bears will remain on the endangered species list in the Northern Rockies
The announcement goes against petitions from Wyoming, Idaho and Montana governors to delist the bears.
Environmentalists call for more grizzly protections with delisting on the horizon
Grizzly advocates want the species to be treated as one “metapopulation” — rather than separate islands throughout the Northern Rockies.
