Entries by Christine Lichtenfels

We have now re-filed our lawsuit challenging HB 42 (regulation of surgical facilies) and HB 64 (ultrasound requirement & 48 hr delay for medication abortion) in Teton County District Court, having waited for over a week with no hearing date set for a TRO in Natrona County District Court. We are hopeful of getting a […]

Medication abortion legal and available in Wyoming

Despite the Wyoming legislature passing bills that establish unnecessary, even punitive barriers to care, abortion remains legal in Wyoming.   Just the Pill continues to provide telemedicine abortion in Wyoming where you will have an online appointment with the doctor. An ultrasound is currently required to receive abortion pills via Just The Pill. Procedural (aka “surgical”) […]

Abortion still legal, available in Wyoming.

Although Wellspring Health Access is temporarily not providing abortions as HB 42 has taken effect and we await a court hearing, medication abortion is still legal and available in Wyoming. Just The Pill continues to provide Telehealth medication abortion. We believe St. John’s Family Practice in Jackson continues to provide. Medication abortion also remains fully […]

District Court: Abortion is health care; bans are unconstitutional

On November 18, 2024, Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens issued her order finding both the overall criminal abortion ban (“Life is a Human Right Act”) and the medication abortion ban unconstitutional as violating Wyoming Constitution, article 1, section 38 which provides all individuals with the fundamental right to their own personal autonomy when […]