For now at least, the Wyoming Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on a lawsuit that has temporarily halted a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or physical risk to the mother’s life.
Ninth District Judge Melissa Owens asked the state’s highest court to respond to 12 questions regarding the constitutionality of House Bill 92. “Ten of the questions Owens certified to the state Supreme Court on Nov. 30 asked whether the ban violated provisions of the state constitution, among them a 2012 amendment guaranteeing adults the right to make their own health care decisions,” according to Mead Gruver of the Associated Press. “The case could yet go before the state Supreme Court, however, after an eventual decision in Owens’ court.”