{"id":266449,"date":"2022-04-19T10:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T15:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266449"},"modified":"2022-04-18T13:42:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:42:26","slug":"surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyoming, a so-called \u201cabortion desert,\u201d will be opening its first surgical abortion facility this summer to be located between Wyoming Medical Center and downtown Casper. It will be operated by Circle of Hope Health Care Service, a pro-abortion non-profit whose mission, according to its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.circleofhopehealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is to \u201cexpand access to reproductive health care in abortion deserts around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casper is centrally located in the state of Wyoming; therefore, this new abortion facility will be accessible to the majority of women within the state. Wyoming women have had access to chemical abortions up to the tenth week of pregnancy, but the new facility will be the state\u2019s first surgical abortion facility. Julie Burkhart, Circle of Hope\u2019s Director, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oilcity.news\/community\/health\/2022\/04\/17\/abortion-clinic-set-to-open-in-casper-this-summer\/?fbclid=IwAR0colZm1AvFoqQjoR2AAZtdQ16DdrzC6yPciREN7lNMAvzT4U8jg1UF3Xg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explained<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cOur goal in launching this clinic is to ensure that more people in Wyoming and the broader region have access to the reproductive health care they need, including abortion care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burkhart was the CEO of Trust Women and has established two abortion facilities and oversees a third. She also previously worked alongside Dr. George Tiller, an abortionist who committed abortions up to 36 weeks and who was shot and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/george-tillers-murder-unacceptable-doesnt-make-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> in 2009 by a violent man professing to be anti-abortion. Dr. Tiller had a full-size <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-tell-horror-stories-of-abortions-they-had-at-dr-tillers-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crematorium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in his office for cremating babies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/couple-aborts-healthy-baby-6-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Couple aborts healthy baby at 6 months following fertility clinic mix-up<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new facility is expected to open in June of 2022 and is funded by private donors. The range of services the facility will offer has not been established but its goal is to provide full-spectrum reproductive healthcare, in addition to abortions. Burkhart said they are in the process of hiring doctors and staff members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wyomings-ban-most-abortions-roe-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Live Action News, earlier this year Wyoming\u2019s governor, Mark Gordon, signed a bill into law that will ban abortion in the state if the Supreme Court overturns <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The law notes that abortions \u201cshall not be performed, except when necessary to preserve the woman from a serious risk of death or of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including any psychological or emotional conditions.\u201d\u00a0If <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is overturned, the bill would make abortion a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheila Leah of Wyoming\u2019s Right to Life\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2022\/04\/15\/first-abortion-clinic-in-wyoming-to-open-in-casper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201c[The clinic\u2019s opening] feels like a pre-emptive challenge to the law.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martie Halverson, Right to Life of Wyoming\u2019s President, shared her shock about the forthcoming grand opening of the facility. \u201cWe thought when we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/last-planned-parenthood-facility-wyoming-will-close-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closed down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Planned Parenthood in 2017 that no one would try to come into Wyoming again,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who would like to stand in opposition to the forthcoming facility opening, a prayer vigil will take place at the new clinic location on Thursday, April 21, 2022. 40 Days for Life will also begin a campaign that same day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wyoming, a so-called \u201cabortion desert,\u201d will be opening its first surgical abortion facility this summer to be located between Wyoming Medical Center and downtown Casper. It will be operated by Circle of Hope Health Care Service, a pro-abortion non-profit whose mission, according to its website, is to \u201cexpand access to reproductive health care in abortion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":820,"featured_media":193722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[16935,16934,6446,16933,14,96,16932,8833,1480],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wyoming&#039;s first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wyoming&#039;s first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Wyoming-state-flag.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tori Shaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tori Shaw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tori Shaw\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/70c77a025696420e7edf2127e46bff57\"},\"headline\":\"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\"},\"wordCount\":496,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Circle of Hope\",\"Gov. Mark Gordon\",\"Julie Burkhart\",\"Martie Halverson\",\"Planned Parenthood\",\"right to life\",\"Right to Life of Wyoming\",\"Trust Women\",\"Wyoming\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issues\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\",\"name\":\"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Wyoming's first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/70c77a025696420e7edf2127e46bff57\",\"name\":\"Tori Shaw\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b36c8834de52a0844aebd33e9975cd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b36c8834de52a0844aebd33e9975cd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tori Shaw\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/tori-shaw\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming","description":"Wyoming's first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming","og_description":"Wyoming's first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Wyoming-state-flag.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tori Shaw","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tori Shaw","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/"},"author":{"name":"Tori Shaw","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/70c77a025696420e7edf2127e46bff57"},"headline":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming","datePublished":"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/"},"wordCount":496,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Circle of Hope","Gov. Mark Gordon","Julie Burkhart","Martie Halverson","Planned Parenthood","right to life","Right to Life of Wyoming","Trust Women","Wyoming"],"articleSection":["Issues","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/","name":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-19T15:46:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-18T18:42:26+00:00","description":"Wyoming's first-ever surgical abortion facility will open this summer as the governor signs a law banning abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned in June.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surgical-abortion-facility-wyoming\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First-ever surgical abortion facility to open this summer in Wyoming"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/70c77a025696420e7edf2127e46bff57","name":"Tori Shaw","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b36c8834de52a0844aebd33e9975cd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b36c8834de52a0844aebd33e9975cd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tori Shaw"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/tori-shaw\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/820"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266466,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266449\/revisions\/266466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}