Wyoming Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortion Pills, Making State First to Outlaw Medication Abortion

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill prohibiting abortion pills in the state, while allowing a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The governor expressed concern that the latter law would result in a lawsuit that would delay any resolution to the constitutionality of the abortion ban in Wyoming. The decision on abortion pills comes after they took center stage this week in Texas, where a federal judge raised questions about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval of a leading abortion drug, mifepristone.