Lorna Green, who made her first appearance in federal court on Thursday morning, told investigators she set fire to a planned abortion clinic in Casper last year because she was having nightmares about it
Citing concerns that it’s not constitutional and could harm individuals, a Teton County judge on Wednesday blocked the Life Is A Human Right Act, making abortion legal again in Wyoming.
After police bumped the reward for information leading to her capture to $15,000, “several tipsters” led to the arrest of a woman suspected of setting fire to a new gender and abortion clinic set to open in Casper.
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Vice President Kamala Harris bashed Gov. Mark Gordon and state lawmakers after Wyoming became the first state to ban the chemical abortion bill.
The same pro-choice group that blocked Wyoming’s abortion “trigger ban” last year is suing the state again over its more-specific rewrite of the law, which contains more medical carveouts for pregnant women.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon touted his “strong pro-life record” after signing a ban on chemical abortions and allowing a broader abortion ban to become law without his signature, saying it invites lawsuits and is a poor substitute for a change to the state Constitution.
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Wyoming Senate President Ogden Driskill told Cowboy State Daily on Friday that he has constitutional concerns about the Life Is A Human Right Act and isn’t certain whether to advance the bill to the Senate for a vote.
The Life Is A Human Right Act has passed the Wyoming House of Representatives with a huge caveat: That it only can become law if the existing abortion “trigger” ban now blocked by a court is found unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Arguably the most contentious bill in the Wyoming House of Representatives this session, the Life Is A Human Right Act resisted three attempted amendments Tuesday and is headed to its second floor vote.
Pro-life legislator Rep. Barry Crago said the Life Is a Human Right Act could cost unborn lives while constitutional issues keep it stuck in the courts.
Proponents of House Bill 152 on Monday said Wyoming needs to cement its position as a firm right-to-life state, while opponents said legislators shouldn’t have the authority to determine when life begins.
House Bill 152 would ban abortion altogether in Wyoming except in cases involving risks of death or serious injury, and it could prevent abortion providers from establishing private clinics on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Abortion remains legal in Wyoming as challenge to state’s trigger ban law sent back to Teton County court.
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A lawsuit challenging Wyoming’s anti-abortion law is headed to the state Supreme Court – and two lawmakers who sought to join the case have been denied.
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The maker of the popular adult party game “Cards Against Humanity” is using profits from Wyoming customers to support pro-abortion groups like the National Network of Abortion Funds.
Saying the state isn’t representing the pro-life argument fully in a lawsuit against its abortion ban, two state representatives have asked to join the lawsuit challenging the ban’s legality.
Judge Melissa Owens on Wednesday allowed abortions in Wyoming to continue while she contemplates the ban’s constitutionality. She said she is inclined to view abortion as healthcare.
One of the attorneys trying to overturn Wyoming’s abortion ban said the state can’t argue for a fetal right to life because the ban’s rape and incest exceptions would make it illogical.
Abortion advocates suing the state of Wyoming over its abortion ban asked a state court on Thursday to block the ban throughout the court proceedings.
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A Wyoming judge on Wednesday halted the state’s imminent abortion ban for the next 14 days.
A contingent of abortion providers and abortion-funding groups on Monday asked Wyoming’s court system to halt the state’s imminent ban on abortion and furthermore, to declare it unconstitutional.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday certified Wyoming’s abortion ban, one day after the new law was verified by the state’s attorney general.
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Wyoming Attorney General Bridgette Hill ruled on Thursday that the overturn of Roe vs. Wade is compatible with Wyoming’s trigger ban outlawing nearly all abortions. In 10 days or less, performing an abortion in Wyoming will be a felony.
Colorado Gov Jared Polis signed an executive order on Wednesday designed to protect Colorado abortion providers who could be chargeable under other states’ laws against aiding and abetting abortions.
Fearing possible civil and criminal repercussions, Planned Parenthood of Montana on Thursday announced it will stop supplying abortion pills to Wyoming women once the state’s abortion ban takes effect.
A reproduction rights rally in Cheyenne on Thursday night drew a crowd of hundreds from across the state.
A plan put forth by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) to put abortion clinics on federal lands in conservative states and in national parks like Yellowstone would face a series of hurdles in Wyoming, where roughly half the land is federally held.
A state senator from Lander could not speculate Wednesday on whether legislators will revisit the law banning abortions in Wyoming to remove the exemptions for rape and incest.
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In 35 days or less, Wyoming is slated to outlaw nearly all abortions. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday overturning Roe vs. Wade, the clock began ticking on Wyoming’s “trigger law” approved this year banning most abortions.
Protests broke out across Wyoming in many communities on Friday after the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe vs. Wade.
Pro-choice groups planned to rally around the state on Friday night to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision overturning the landmark abortion ruling “Roe vs. Wade.”
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority opinion, ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion and put the decision of whether abortions will be allowed in the hands of the states.
The founder of an abortion clinic scheduled to open in June said she and her team intend to fight any attempt to outlaw abortion – and they still intend to open the abortion clinic.
Members of Wyoming groups opposed to and in supportive of abortion rights were divided Tuesday over news a draft ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to show the court was preparing to overturn the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade.
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An estimated 150 people staged a rally Thursday in to show their opposition to a planned abortion clinic in Casper.
While the planned opening of the clinic is generating opposition among members of Wyoming’s pro-life organizations, it is being welcomed by those who say the state’s women need access to more reproductive health services.
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis signaled her support for the U.S. Supreme Court upholding a Mississippi abortion ban on Wednesday, calling the hearing a “pivotal moment for our country.”
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A bill preventing abortions for selective reasoning is heading back to the Wyoming Senate for debates this week.
House Bill 161, sponsored by Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, was introduced earlier this month and was recommended that it do pass, 7-2, by the House’s Labor Committee. It would ban abortions based on selective reasoning and disabilities.
A number of Republican senators, including U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, have called on the Federal Small Business Association to stop giving loans to Planned Parenthood.
Here is the status of some bills making their way through the Legislature’s general session:
Bills to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty and impose a 48-hour waiting period for abortions both died in the state’s Legislature this week, while a bill that would provide bonuses for state investment professionals who make good investments is headed to the governor’s office for his signature.
Cowboy State Daily’s Robert Geha has the rundown on the legislative winners and losers for the week.
Wyoming’s legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session.
With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
Wyoming’s legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session.
With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
A bill that would impose a 48-hour waiting period for those seeing abortions won initial approval from the House on Friday.
A bill that would impose a 48-hour waiting period on abortions is headed for a third and final reading in Wyoming’s House.
A bill that would impose a 48-hour waiting period on abortions was approved by a House committee on Tuesday.
