abortion

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said in his order that state lawmakers should not be mandating unproven medical treatments.

Legal fights are likely ahead over the Alabama measure, if it becomes law, and abortion restrictions in other conservative states.

The legislature is scheduled to wrap up its 2019 session on Wednesday.

The bill, which has already passed the Wyoming House, faces a third and decisive vote in the Wyoming Senate on Monday.

House Bill 140 is headed to the Wyoming Senate after being approved by a 36-22 margin, with two absent on third and final reading in the Wyoming House.

The committee vote was tied 4-4, mostly along partisan lines, when committee chair Sue Wilson [R-Laramie County] cast the final and deciding vote in favor of the bill.

The bill faces two more House votes before and decisive vote that could send the measure on to the Wyoming Senate

The waiting period could be waived in a medical emergency under the bill.