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nitpicked

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Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:46 PM 7 hrs ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-abortion-ban-judge-ruling-a8e79c0879a22dab036b06a6f4304895

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens’ ruling was consistent with her three previous orders over the past 2.5 years to block the laws while they were disputed in court.

One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except to protect to a pregnant woman’s life or in cases involving rape and incest. The other made Wyoming the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills, though other states have instituted de facto bans on the medication by broadly prohibiting abortion.

The laws were challenged by four women, including two obstetricians, and two nonprofit organizations. One of the groups, Wellspring Health Access, opened as the state’s first full-service abortion clinic in years in April 2023 following an arson attack in 2022.
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Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy (Original Post) nitpicked 7 hrs ago OP
Wait not THAT healthcare! Hassin Bin Sober 7 hrs ago #1

Hassin Bin Sober

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1. Wait not THAT healthcare!
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:53 PM
7 hrs ago

We only amended the constitution to stop Obamacare!

From the article:
Wyoming voters approved the amendment amid fears of government overreach following approval of the federal Affordable Care Act and its initial requirements for people to have health insurance.

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