{"id":308176,"date":"2024-03-09T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=308176"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:53:54","slug":"wyoming-lawmakers-tighten-states-pro-life-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wyoming-lawmakers-tighten-states-pro-life-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming lawmakers tighten state’s pro-life protections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawmakers in both the Wyoming House and Senate passed a bill<\/a> last week\u00a0that will require abortion facilities to meet the same facility regulations as ambulatory surgical centers, as well as provide regulations that a woman receive an ultrasound 48 hours before any abortion procedure.<\/p>\n

House Bill 148<\/a> requires abortion facilities to become licensed ambulatory surgical centers as well as have hospital admitting privileges at a hospital located within a 10-mile radius. Abortionists must also be licensed physicians. An amendment added to the bill further adds the ultrasound and waiting period requirement, which states that 48 hours before any abortion, including a chemical abortion, the physician “shall ensure that the pregnant woman receives an ultrasound in order to determine the gestational age of the unborn child, to determine the location of the pregnancy, to verify a viable intrauterine pregnancy and to provide the pregnant woman the opportunity to view the active ultrasound of the unborn child and hear the heartbeat of the unborn child if the heartbeat is audible.\u201d<\/p>\n