"Today, the Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed what we've always known to be true: abortion is essential health care, and the government should not interfere in personal decisions about our health," Julie Burkhart, president of the Wyoming abortion clinic Wellspring Health Access, said in a statement."
"One of the laws overturned Tuesday sought to ban abortion except to protect a pregnant woman's life or in cases involving rape or incest. The other law would have made Wyoming the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills. (Notably, other states have instituted de facto bans on abortion medication by broadly prohibiting abortion)."
"In the four years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, unleashing a wave of state-level abortion restrictions, abortion pills have grown increasingly popular, especially as abortion providers have begun to mail them into states that ban the procedure. Wellspring Health Access, the state's lone abortion clinic, sued in the wake of the bans — alongside the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea's Fund and four women, including two obstetricians."
The Wyoming Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling that two near-total abortion bans violated the state constitution, including the nation's first exclusive ban on abortion pills. The decision relied on a 2012 amendment affirming competent adults' right to make their own healthcare decisions. One overturned law would have banned abortion except to protect a pregnant woman's life or in cases of rape or incest; the other would have explicitly outlawed abortion pills. Wellspring Health Access, Chelsea's Fund, and four women, including two obstetricians, brought the legal challenge. State attorneys argued that abortion is not healthcare and therefore not covered by the amendment.
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