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Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming abortion ban, allowing abortions to resume

Headline from 6ABC Philadelphia, on the newest of 4 developments

A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked a state abortion ban that passed last week. The ban prohibits nearly all abortions with few exceptions.

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Developments in this update

4 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. New law has Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

    Headline from The Buffalo News ·

  2. New law puts Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

    Headline from Casper Star-Tribune ·

  3. Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming | News Channel 3-12

    Headline from KEYT Santa Barbara ·

  4. Newest

    Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming abortion ban, allowing abortions to resume

    Headline from 6ABC Philadelphia ·

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38 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Wyoming Sings Law Prohibiting Use of Abortion Pills (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to abortion pills.

  2. Vox

    Wyoming banned the abortion pill. Some states are trying to go even further. (opens Vox)

    Published

    Vox's feed description

    With abortion access already limited, some states are trying to impose extreme penalties for the procedure.

  3. Christian Science Monitor

    Wyoming becomes first state with explicit ban on abortion pills (opens Christian Science Monitor)

    Published

  4. Gopusa

    Wyoming Gov. Gordon green-lights sweeping anti-abortion law, signs abortion pill ban (opens Gopusa)

    Published

    Gopusa's feed description

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has allowed a sweeping anti-abortion measure that passed the state legislature to become law without his signature while also signing an abortion pill ban. In doing so on Friday, Gordon expressed concerns that the state's Life is a Human Right Act would trigger court bat…

  5. Local News 8

    Wyoming outlaws abortion pills (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    As the fight over abortion pills heats up nationally, Wyoming on Friday prohibited the medication in what NARAL Pro-Choice America called a "first of its kind" law, and also enacted a near-total ban on abortion.

  6. The Buffalo News

    New law has Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion with the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills. In many states women can

  7. Kokomo Tribune

    New law puts Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans (opens Kokomo Tribune)

    Published

    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion with the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills. In many states women can

  8. Fox News

    Wyoming pushes to forefront of abortion ban efforts after implementing ban on pills that terminate pregnancies (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Wyoming recently implemented a ban on pills that terminated pregnancies. In doing this Wyoming becomes the first state to ban abortion pills.

  9. Kokomo Tribune

    Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    Abortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new ban on abortion pills from taking effect. A group hoping to open what would be the state’s second

  10. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

    Published

    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming

  11. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming abortion ban, allowing abortions to resume (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

    Published

    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked a state abortion ban that passed last week. The ban prohibits nearly all abortions with few exceptions.

  12. Seattle Times

    Wyoming judge temporarily blocks the state’s new abortion ban (opens Seattle Times)

    Published

    Seattle Times's feed description

    Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming — at least temporarily — after a judge on Wednesday ordered that a newly enacted ban be blocked until further court proceedings in a lawsuit challenging it.

  13. Washington Examiner

    Wyoming abortion ban that went into effect over weekend temporarily blocked by judge (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A judge in Teton County, Wyoming, temporarily halted a state law banning nearly all abortions on Wednesday. The law had gone into effect last weekend.

  14. The Daily Caller

    Wyoming’s New Abortion Ban Temporarily Blocked By Judge (opens The Daily Caller)

    Published

    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A judge temporarily blocked Wyoming's new abortion ban on Wednesday, just days after it took effect, AP News reported.

  15. Wyoming Public Media

    Wyoming’s recent abortion ban is reversed — for now (opens Wyoming Public Media)

    Published

    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    A Teton County district judge questioned state lawmakers’ recent move to define abortion as "not healthcare."

  16. Fox News

    Judge suspends Wyoming’s new abortion ban days after it takes effect (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    A Wyoming judge has temporarily blocked a new abortion ban days after it took effect, making the procedure legal again in the state. The suspension came amid a new lawsuit.

  17. NBC 6 South Florida

    Wyoming Abortion Ban Blocked Due to Obamacare-Era Amendment (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

    Published

    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Abortion is legal in Wyoming again thanks to a state constitutional amendment pushed by conservatives opposed to Obamacare more than a decade ago.

  18. Casper Star-Tribune

    Abortion legal again in Wyoming after judge blocks ban (opens Casper Star-Tribune)

    Published

    Casper Star-Tribune's feed description

    Abortion is legal again in Wyoming after a Teton County judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a new ban on the service while a new legal challenge winds through the courts.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.