abortion

Current Wyoming law bans abortions prior to the age where the fetus is considered viable to live outside the womb.

Anti-abortion leaders who were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at the annual March for Life are feeling less buoyant now.

You can read a copy of House Bill 70 by clicking on a link in the article.

The bill easily passed both houses of the legislature in 2020, but was vetoed by Gov. Mark Gordon.

The court did little more than defer its first action on an abortion-related issue since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month.

Last year, Joe Biden, the Democrat’s presumptive presidential nominee, shifted his position to back an end to restrictions on government funding for abortion.

It was viewed as a key test of the court’s stance.

She argued the law violated her religious freedom as a Satanic Temple member.

The measure passed the House on a 44-16 vote Wednesday.

The bill was amended so that doctors who violate the provision would only be guilty of a misdemeanor, as opposed to a felony.