Gov. Mark Gordon signs Human Heartbeat Act, warns of legal challenges ahead

Gov. Mark Gordon signs Human Heartbeat Act, warns of legal challenges ahead

Gov. Mark Gordon signs the Human Heartbeat Act but warns the measure may face legal challenges under Wyoming’s constitutional framework.

Abortions in all but earliest weeks now illegal in Wyoming, as new court battle brews

Gov. Mark Gordon signed into law Monday a measure that would ban abortions in Wyoming in all but the earliest weeks of pregnancy. The governor affirmed in a letter his “pro-life” commitment but also cautioned that the new law will likely land in court again.  The law bans abortions in the case of a “detectable fetal heartbeat,” which can come as early as six weeks.  Gordon predicted that the new law will likely end “in the all too familiar and u…