Wyoming Supreme Court to hear arguments over abortion bans struck down by a judge

Wyoming high court hears arguments in abortion case

CHEYENNE — A small group of abortion rights protesters gathered outside the Wyoming State Supreme Court on Wednesday as the court prepared to hear oral arguments in the appeal of a high-profile abortion case.

How Abortion Access Could Change for Veterans

Abortion rights advocates are concerned that the Trump Administration will reinstate an abortion ban at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities, rolling back the Biden Administration’s efforts to expand access for veterans and their beneficiaries. Before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the VA had banned abortion under any circumstances and prohibited its medical providers from counseling patients about abortion. But…

Wyoming Supreme Court hears oral arguments in appeal of high-profile abortion case

CHEYENNE — A small group of abortion rights protesters gathered outside the Wyoming State Supreme Court on Wednesday as the court prepared to hear oral arguments in the appeal of a high-profile abortion case.

Wyoming Supreme Court mulls constitutionality of state’s abortion bans

CHEYENNE—Wyoming Supreme Court justices grilled attorneys Wednesday on the legality of the state’s two abortion bans, honing in on what has long been the case’s central question: whether a 2012 amendment to the state constitution prevents lawmakers from ending the practice. It was a day years in the making after several women, doctors and an abortion aid group filed a lawsuit in March 2023 challenging two newly passed abortion bans. A Teton Coun…

Wyoming Will Fight for Abortion Ban in Court, Arguing Abortion is Not Health Care

A week after Judge Thomas Campbell heard a challenge to two Wyoming laws passed in 2024, one requiring abortion clinics to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers and a second requiring ultrasounds and a 48-hour waiting period, the Wyoming Supreme Court will heard oral arguments whether Judge Melissa Owens properly struck down the “Life is a Human Right Act.” At issue in Johnson v. Wyoming is the state’s highly protective abortion law protect…

State presents arguments before Wyoming Supreme Court to unblock abortion ban

The Wyoming Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over whether abortion is a “right” under the state constitution, which will decide the fate of pro-life laws that have been in legal limbo for years.