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Abortion is legal in Wyoming again, oddly enough as the result of a state constitutional amendment pushed by conservatives opposed to Obamacare more than a decade ago.
Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens in a ruling Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s newly enacted abortion ban that took effect Sunday.
Owens’ decision pointed to a 2012 amendment to the state constitution that granted Wyoming citizens the right to make their own health-care decisions.
Wyoming voters overwhelmingly passed that amendment, which was intended to protect them from hypothetical harms contained in then-President Barack Obama’s signature health law, the Affordable Care Act.
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