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.

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.
House opposition is sparse, but focuses on “safety” versus “shame.”
One policy will require clinics that provide procedural abortions to become licensed ambulatory surgical centers.
The decision hinges almost entirely on a constitutional right Republicans fought for in the wake of the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act, allowing residents to make their own healthcare decisions.
Most people close to the issue expected the case to end up in front of the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico all rank in the bottom ten states nationwide when it comes to how healthcare systems are working for women.
The first-ever Wyoming Reproductive Freedom Summit took place in Lander on June 22. It comes as Wyoming grapples with how to regulate abortion, which remains legal for now.
The court acknowledged that it will likely be required to weigh in the constitutionality of the state’s abortion bans at some point, but said the Teton County District Court should make a ruling first.
Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill impacting trans youth, but vetoed another that would have regulated clinics that provide procedural abortions.