Abortion is Health Care, Says Wyoming Judge. Duh!
Yes, you would think it would be obvious: Abortion is health care. But obviously you aren’t a lawyer working for the state of Wyoming. On the other hand, maybe you are the judge who had to listen to those lawyers — and then to reject that argument as nonsense.
Wyoming’s two abortion bans are unconstitutional and will be blocked from being enforced, a Jackson-based judge ruled Monday.
Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens concluded a year-and-a-half lawsuit Monday with a summary judgment order declaring that abortion is health care, Wyoming’s two abortion bans violate a state Constitution provision promising health care autonomy, and the Legislature’s reasoning did not overcome that right. . . .
“The Court finds that ‘health care’ includes professional services for medicated and surgical abortions whether the pregnant woman is physically well or unwell,” wrote Owens. She rebutted the Legislature’s findings that abortion is not health care, saying legislative findings are useful but not binding.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287205/-Abortion-is-Health-Care-Says-Wyoming-Judge-Duh
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