A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution, making the procedure legal up until fetal viability for the time being.Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the state laws in a ruling that said the pair of laws ran afoul of the state's constitution,

(Reuters) - A Wyoming judge on Monday ruled that two anti-abortion laws passed by the state legislature violate Wyoming's constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state for now, local media reported.

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.

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 Wyoming judge struck down the state's sweeping abortion ban that included a first-in-the-country prohibition on medication to induce the procedure. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens struck down two laws — a ban on most abortions and the United States's first explicit ban on the use of medication to abort a pregnancy.

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