Melissa Owens
Abortion is still legal in Wyoming and will remain that way for a least another 10 months. A new trial discussing abortion as a Wyoming right has been scheduled for April 15, 2024. The three-day bench trial is set to evaluate whether the recent abortion bans are legal under the Wyoming Constitution. The Constitution itself…
Judge Melissa Owens’s initial decision to temporarily block Wyoming’s abortion ban will continue until a lawsuit contesting the ban is resolved, Owens ruled Wednesday. Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams of District 50 sponsored Wyoming’s trigger law to prohibit abortions, which was set to take effect with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. Gov. Mark Gordon…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state’s abortion ban on the day it took effect, siding with a firebombed women’s health clinic and others who argued the ban would harm health care workers and their patients and violate the state constitution. Attorneys arguing before Teton County District Judge Melissa…
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