Roe v. Wade
Judge to weigh suspending Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills will come before a state judge Thursday as the court considers whether the prohibition should take effect as planned July 1 or be put on hold pending the outcome of…
The makers of the ubiquitous card game are donating profits from sales in Wyoming and 21 other “forced-birth Republican hellholes” to an organization supporting abortions nationwide. Cards Against Humanity LLC has never shied away from voicing a political opinion. However, the company is once against backing its words with action. In the aftermath of the…
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…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday by a Casper women’s health clinic and others seeks to block Wyoming’s new abortion ban just before it’s scheduled to take effect. The lawsuit claims the new law violates the state constitution with restrictions that will discourage potentially lifesaving pregnancy healthcare in Wyoming, forcing pregnant women to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of Congress’ staunchest conservatives repelled more centrist alternatives to lock up Republican nominations on Tuesday, even as the party’s voters chose to turn out a six-term incumbent in Mississippi. Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller won her primary over fellow incumbent Rep. Rodney Davis just days after she called the Supreme Court’s…
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision, unthinkable just…
By MARK SHERMAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states…
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