Since 2022, Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens has ruled consistently three times to block the laws while they were disputed in court. The decision marks another victory for abortion rights advocates after voters in seven states passed measures in ...

Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens has struck down the two most recent attempts by the Wyoming Legislature to outlaw abortion in Wyoming.

The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy

Judge strikes down Wyoming's abortion bans, including an explicit prohibition on pills to end pregnancy.

District Judge Melissa Owen struck down Wyoming's first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.