Wyoming Passes Abortion "Trigger Bill"

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R)

Update: On March 16, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed this legislation into law. The state of Wyoming is now set to ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

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On March 10, the Wyoming House of Representatives voted 45-15 to concur with the state Senate's changes to an abortion-banning "trigger bill." The bill now goes to Gov. Mark Gordon.

Wyoming's trigger bill would take effect "five days after the date that the Wyoming attorney general certifies to the secretary of state that the U.S. Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade." When it triggers, the law will ban abortion at all gestational ages with several exceptions.

The exceptions include:

• rape
• incest
• to save the life of the mother
• if the mother is at serious risk of "substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function"