Some lawmakers said the bill isn’t intended to protect women, as its supporters have suggested, but is meant to make abortion inaccessible while it’s legal in Wyoming.

Some lawmakers said the bill isn’t intended to protect women, as its supporters have suggested, but is meant to make abortion inaccessible while it’s legal in Wyoming.
There’ll be a six-week gap this winter with little access to pregnancy-ending care in Teton County.
States like Colorado saw huge increases in patients, while there were slight declines in Wyoming — where a ban is being challenged in the courts.
A handful of physicians argue the law prevents “abortions on demand” while allowing them when a pregnant person’s life is in danger.
The state will have to explain how the near-total and medical abortion laws protect Wyomingites’ public health and welfare.
The state legislature was the first in the nation to explicitly outlaw medication abortions earlier this year.
A Teton County judge denied the request today from Secretary Gray and others to defend the state’s near-total abortion ban, currently blocked during litigation.
Before now, the only place to end a pregnancy in Wyoming was a clinic in Jackson. It’s been a long road to open the doors at the new clinic.
The law makes it illegal for anyone who is not the minor’s parent to help them travel to another state for an abortion.