Wyoming supreme court strikes down near-total abortion bans
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The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down two near-total abortion bans on Tuesday, ruling they violated the state constitution. The 4-1 decision cited a 2012 amendment granting adults the right to make their own healthcare decisions. One ban sought to prohibit abortions except to save a pregnant woman's life or in cases of rape or incest, while the other would have exclusively banned abortion pills. Wellspring Health Access, the state's only abortion clinic, along with other advocacy groups and individuals, sued the state following the bans' enactment. The court stated that if the state wanted to exclude abortion from the healthcare decisions protected by the amendment, it would need to propose a new constitutional amendment to the people of Wyoming. Governor Mark Gordon expressed his disappointment with the ruling.
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