{"id":327091,"date":"2025-03-04T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327091"},"modified":"2025-03-05T23:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:32:37","slug":"wyomings-only-abortion-business-stops-killing-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wyomings-only-abortion-business-stops-killing-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming’s only abortion business stops killing, files lawsuit as new law takes effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 3\/5\/2025, 8:29p<\/strong>: The Wyoming state legislature voted on Wednesday to override<\/a> Gov. Mark Gordon’s veto of a law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before taking the abortion pill.<\/p>\n

The House voted 22-9, and the Senate voted 45-16 to override the governor’s veto, putting in place a law that Gordon thought forced women to have an ‘unnecessary’ ultrasound.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very concerned about the psychological effects of this procedure,\u201d Sen. Darin Smith of Cheyenne said of the governor, \u201cbut what about the psychological effects of having an abortion, for the rest of your life?\u201d<\/p>\n

The law takes effect immediately.<\/p>\n

UPDATE, 3\/5\/2025<\/strong>: A Wyoming bill, HB64, that would have required women to undergo an ultrasound before taking the abortion pill has been vetoed<\/a> by the governor.<\/p>\n

Gov. Mark Gordon explained, “Mandating this intimate, personally invasive, and often medically unnecessary procedure goes too far.”<\/p>\n

Dating a pregnancy before giving a woman the abortion pill is a vital step in ensuring that the abortion is completed. The further along in pregnancy a woman is, the riskier it is for her to take the abortion pill, which carries the risk of incomplete abortion. Two<\/a> women<\/a> in Georgia died after their abortions failed to complete when they were given the abortion pill. An incomplete abortion can lead to a life-threatening infection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gordon did, however, sign HB42, which requires abortion businesses to meet specific licensing requirements. A lawsuit over that bill is pending.<\/p>\n

3<\/strong>\/4\/2025<\/strong>: Wyoming’s only abortion business stopped killing preborn children on Friday after Governor Mark Gordon signed HB42, which requires the state’s abortion facilities to meet special licensing requirements<\/a>. The action spurred an immediate lawsuit from a pro-abortion coalition seeking to stop both HB42 and HB64, the latter of which would require women to receive an ultrasound at least 48 hours prior to taking the abortion pill.<\/p>\n

Wellspring Health Access abortion facility in Casper announced that it will remain open to take phone calls from patients, but will no longer be committing abortions because it cannot meet the conditions established by the new law. That bill contains requirements that hallways be wide enough to fit an ambulance gurney, and that abortionists obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. These requirements, often referred to as \u2018TRAP\u2019 laws (\u201ctargeted regulation of abortion providers\u201d), are meant to keep women safe in the event emergency services need to be called \u2014 something that happens with alarming frequency<\/a> at abortion facilities.<\/p>\n

Last week, Wyoming lawmakers passed<\/a> HB 64, which requires a woman to receive an ultrasound before a chemical abortion, but the bill has yet to be signed by Gordon. The plaintiffs included the bill in their lawsuit on the basis that it will “likely” take effect.<\/p>\n