Wyoming – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

19 Nov

Judge strikes down Wyoming’s abortion laws, saying they violate state constitution

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“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 pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions….”

28 Dec

Woman who burned Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic ordered to pay $298,000

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"A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors. Lorna Green is serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access weeks before the clinic was set to open in Casper in 2022. The fire gutted the building while it was being renovated for the new clinic and delayed its opening by almost a year...."

28 Sep

Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison

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"Emotional and physical abuse by parents who expected her to someday play a “supporting role” in her own life in deference to a future husband featured in the childhood of a woman who burned what was to be Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in at least a decade, a judge said Thursday in handing down the minimum prison sentence for the crime. New details behind the 2022 arson at Wellspring Health Access in Casper, delaying the clinic’s opening by almost a year, emerged as Lorna Roxanne Green, 22, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years probation...."

16 Jun

Surgical abortions likely to remain legal until April 2024 trial

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"The lawsuit over Wyoming’s abortion bans is scheduled for trial on April 15, 2024. Unless the trial is avoided or delayed, surgical abortions in the state are expected to remain legal until then. As scheduled, three days will be set aside for a bench trial, in which a judge makes a decision instead of a jury...."

02 Jun

College student accused of setting fire to Wyoming’s only abortion clinic to enter plea

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"CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic was scheduled to appear in federal court Friday to enter a plea to an arson charge...."