A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Since 2022, Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens has ruled three times to block the ...

A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution, making the procedure legal up until fetal viability for the time being.Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the state laws in a ruling that said the pair of laws ran afoul of the state's constitution,

A Wyoming judge on Monday ruled that two anti-abortion laws passed by the state legislature violate Wyoming's constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state for now, local media reported.

The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”

Judge strikes down Wyoming's abortion bans, including an explicit prohibition on pills to end pregnancy.

District Judge Melissa Owen struck down Wyoming's first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens has struck down the two most recent attempts by the Wyoming Legislature to outlaw abortion in Wyoming.