Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill banning medication abortions into law, making it the first state to target the abortion pill. A second bill he will allow to go into law without his signature will ban most abortions. The new law makes it a misdemeanor to dispense, distribute, sell, prescribe or use abortion medications punishable by up to six months in prison and a fine of up to $9,000. The ban would allow abortions in cases of rape and incest and to save a woman's life or prevent harm to her health. The new law makes violating the ban a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $20,000.
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 pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to abortion pills. The implementation date of the sweeping legislation banning all abortions that Gordon allowed to go into law is not specified in the bill.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill prohibiting abortion pills in the state and allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The ban on abortion pills would take effect in July, pending any legal action that could potentially delay that. The implementation date of the sweeping legislation banning all abortions that Gordon allowed to go into law is not specified in the bill.
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.
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 ban on abortion pills would take effect in July, pending any legal action that could potentially delay it. The implementation date of the sweeping legislation banning all abortions that Gordon allowed to go into law is not specified in the bill. The issue of access to abortion pills took center stage this week in a Texas court, 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.
