{"id":307479,"date":"2024-02-23T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T22:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307479"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:36:08","slug":"wyoming-bill-state-surgical-abortion-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wyoming-bill-state-surgical-abortion-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Could this Wyoming bill shut down the state’s one surgical abortion business?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bill making its way through the Wyoming legislature could cause the state’s only surgical abortion business to shut its doors for a time.<\/p>\n

House Bill 148<\/a> would require that surgical abortion facilities be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers. It would also require that abortionists be licensed physicians. Violators could face<\/a> a felony charge and one to 14 years in prison. On Monday, the bill passed<\/a> the House Judiciary Committee with a vote of 7 to two; it now will appear before the House Committee of the Whole.<\/p>\n

The bill is being sponsored by Representative Martha Lawley (R-Worland), who wants to ensure that abortion facilities have the same standards as other surgical faciliites. \u201cWe still have an obligation and need to protect the health and safety of women,\u201d said Lawley.<\/p>\n

Surgical abortion procedures include the first-trimester suction abortion, also know as dilation and curettage (D&C), and the second-trimester dilation and evacuation (D&E). These abortion procedures pose numerous risks to women, including injuries to the uterus or cervix, along with the intestines, bladder, and nearby blood vessels. Women are also at risk of hemorrhage, infection, and death. Just last month, an Australian woman died<\/a> from a first-trimester surgical abortion procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n