The latest court action in North Dakota and Wyoming put them among several states where judges have temporarily blocked implementation of 'trigger laws' while lawsuits play out.
Attorneys arguing before Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, in Jackson, Wyoming, disagreed over whether the state constitution provided a right to abortion that would nullify the state's abortion"trigger" law that took effect Wednesday.
Several states including Wyoming recently passed abortion"trigger" bans should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, which happened June 24. The U.S. Supreme Court formally issued its judgment Tuesday. The four Wyoming women and two nonprofits that sued Monday to contest the new law claim it violates several rights guaranteed by the state constitution. Wyoming Special Assistant Attorney General Jay Jerde was skeptical, saying the state constitution neither explicitly nor implicitly allowed abortion.
The ruling will give the Red River clinic more time to relocate a few miles away to Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion remains legal. North Dakota's law would make abortion illegal in the state except in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother. "What's ringing in my ears is not the noise of the people here," said one of the bill's supporters, Republican Del. Brandon Steele of Raleigh County."It's the cries of the unborn, tens of thousands of unborn children that are dead today."After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said a 19th century law banned abortion in the state.
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