On 6/30/2025, the Natrona County District Court GRANTED our motion to preliminarily enjoin the abortion restrictions in HB 164. The court saw through the legislature’s “semantic hair-splitting” and noted that to read the law as not prohibiting off-label use for abortion purposes was “strained and untenable.”

On June 4, we asked the Natrona County District Court to stop enforcement of HB 164. See Memo for Preliminary Injunction. HB 164 protects medical providers from adverse action by their licensing boards for prescribing off-label, but specifically NOT for the purpose of abortion. The two abortion medications — mifepristone and misoprostol — are commonly and safely prescribed for off-label use.

Judge Campbell has preliminarily enjoined both the surgical abortion facilities requirements and the ultrasound/48 hour waiting period requirements for medication abortion. See Order. 

Despite the Wyoming legislature passing bills that establish unnecessary, even punitive barriers to care, abortion remains legal in Wyoming.

On February 28, 2025, Chelsea's Fund, along with Wellspring Health Access, Just the Pill, Dr. Rene Hinkle, Dr. Giovannina Anthony, and Danielle Johnson, filed suit to enjoin and find unconstitutional HB 42 and HB 64, two bills the Wyoming Legislature just passed in an effort to impeded abortion care in Wyoming.

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 making medical decisions.

Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens entered her order finding the overall criminal abortion ban and the medication abortion ban unconstitutional.

The Wyoming Supreme Court again declined to decide the constitutional questions Judge Owens of the Teton County District Court certified to it. Instead, it strongly encouraged Judge Owens to rule on the pending summary judgment motions. We now await Judge Owens’ ruling on those motions.

Judge Owens filed the order certifying questions we had raised about the constitutionality of the abortion bans to the Wyoming Supreme Court rather than entering an order on the parties’ motions for summary judgment.