Wyoming passes new six-week abortion ban that lawmakers call ‘insult to voters’

<p>The bill continues a cycle of abortion restrictions repeatedly blocked by the state supreme court</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/wyoming">Wyoming</a>’s Republican-dominated legislature <a href="https://wyofile.com/abortions-in-all-but-earliest-weeks-now-illegal-in-wyoming-as-new-court-battle-brews/">passed a six-week abortion ban</a> this week, prompting a new lawsuit and some lawmakers to call it “an insult to voters and our institution”.</p><p>Mark Gordon, Wyoming’s governor, signed the bill while simultaneously warning of its constitutional hurdles, noting that prior <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/abortion">abortion</a> bans were struck down by the state’s all Republican-appointed supreme court this January. Almost immediately, an identical set of plaintiffs <a href="https://wyofile.com/wyoming-abortion-rights-defenders-ask-judge-to-block-states-new-ban-on-most-abortions/">filed suit against the new bill</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/abortion-wyoming-supreme-court">Continue reading...</a>

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