A woman who burned Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic is ordered to pay $298,000
Source: Associated Press
A woman who burned Wyomings only full-service abortion clinic is ordered to pay $298,000
BY MEAD GRUVER
Updated 2:30 PM EST, December 27, 2023
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyomings only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors.
Lorna Green is serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access weeks before the clinic was set to open in Casper in 2022. The fire gutted the building while it was being renovated for the new clinic and delayed its opening by almost a year.
After opening this past April, Wellspring is now the only abortion clinic in Wyoming. A clinic in Jackson that provided pill abortions closed Dec. 15 due to rising costs.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson ordered Green, 22, to pay about $298,000 in restitution including $240,000 to Nationwide General Insurance Company, the clinics insurer.
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