Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:53 PM

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Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills

Source: New York Times

By David W. Chen and Pam Belluck
March 17, 2023
Updated 11:19 p.m. ET
6 MIN READ

Wyoming on Friday became the first state to ban the use of abortion pills, adding momentum to a growing push by conservative states and anti-abortion groups to target medication abortion, the method now used in a majority of pregnancy terminations in the United States.

Wyoming’s new law comes as a preliminary ruling is expected soon by a Texas judge that could order the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of mifepristone, the first pill in the two-drug medication abortion regimen. Such a ruling, if it stands, could upend how abortion is provided nationally, affecting states where abortion is legal as well as states with bans and restrictions.

Legislation to ban or add restrictions on medication abortion has been introduced in several states this year, including a bill in Texas that would not only ban abortion pills but also require internet service providers to take steps to block medication abortion websites so people in Texas could not view them.

In these states, proposals to block or restrict abortion pills have typically been introduced along with other anti-abortion measures, a reflection of the range of obstacles to abortion these states have tried to erect since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion last June.

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills (Original post)	swag	Mar 17	OP
What? Wyoming?	True Dough	Mar 17	#1
I'm having...	2naSalit	Saturday	#5
well, it was the first state to grant women the right to vote!	CTyankee	Saturday	#19
I live next to that state...	2naSalit	Saturday	#20
And refused statehood without women's suffrage	paleotn	Saturday	#31
It needed a higher voter count to qualify for admission to	marybourg	Saturday	#33
they hate Big Government	Skittles	Saturday	#9
The only time they hate government	Matthew28	Saturday	#13
it's very disappointing	Skittles	Saturday	#14
I'm in Colorado. I didn't expect less	Demanchor	Saturday	#15
Winner winner chicken dinner.	dchill	Mar 17	#2
Damn them to hell.	greatauntoftriplets	Mar 17	#3
Next up on the theocratic social engineering agenda	Zambero	Saturday	#4
Like I keep saying, the cure is Lesbianism	OhZone	Saturday	#6
Seems like Prohibition to me. Nt	Baked Potato	Saturday	#7
Irony	madamesilverspurs	Saturday	#8
What is their current birth rate? Not much sex going on there? nt	Samrob	Saturday	#10
They have sheep	Dan	Saturday	#36
Wyoming wants to make women have to travel out of state to get the procedure	sakabatou	Saturday	#11
The first state that granted women's suffrage is the first state to make women second class.	AZLD4Candidate	Saturday	#12
That is the irony and	BlueMTexpat	Saturday	#24
The irony Burns! 😔 🤬	electric_blue68	Saturday	#28
Now if they'd only...	nowforever	Saturday	#16
The ayatollahs in Wyoming have spoken. Women will soon have no rights.	Lonestarblue	Saturday	#17
And yet Wyoming was the first to allow	murielm99	Saturday	#18
Indeed! eom	BlueMTexpat	Saturday	#25
Oh, let me tell you...Back when I listened to Limbaugh (checking in on the enemy) when Bill Clinton.	electric_blue68	Saturday	#29
The religious right and other right-wing groups want to send women's rights back to the 1700s.	Lonestarblue	Saturday	#30
Rest, have fun, then keep resisting Gilead! Truly hideous!	electric_blue68	Saturday	#32
Anti-abortion people believe the word "zygote" was made up to justify abortion.	raging moderate	Saturday	#21
Homunculus	Marthe48	Saturday	#23
So that makes God the biggest abortionist that there can possibly be?	CTyankee	Saturday	#26
The law only criminally penalizes the commercial distributors, not the actual users.	ancianita	Saturday	#22
This is the first I've heard of Texan Internet restrictions	HariSeldon	Saturday	#27
So Wyoming wants to outlaw a medicine that's been legal for more tha 20 years? nt	in2herbs	Saturday	#34
I wonder? wonder? What about tourism to Wyoming? Will this hurt tourism?	Stuart G	Saturday	#35
We were going to visit Grand Teton National Park this fall. Not going to happen now.	emulatorloo	Monday	#40
Will they be searching pregnant women at the borders?	Farmer-Rick	Sunday	#37
Yellowstone while being crowded is sumer is stil a wonder and people come from all over-	Prairie_Seagull	Sunday	#38
Spread this far & wide.	CrispyQ	Sunday	#39

Response to swag (Original post)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:55 PM

True Dough (15,048 posts)

1. What? Wyoming?

Well, there goes that state's reputation for being so progressive!

Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills

1. What? Wyoming?

5. I'm having...

19. well, it was the first state to grant women the right to vote!

20. I live next to that state...

31. And refused statehood without women's suffrage

33. It needed a higher voter count to qualify for admission to

9. they hate Big Government

13. The only time they hate government

14. it's very disappointing

15. I'm in Colorado. I didn't expect less

2. Winner winner chicken dinner.

3. Damn them to hell.

4. Next up on the theocratic social engineering agenda

6. Like I keep saying, the cure is Lesbianism

7. Seems like Prohibition to me. Nt

8. Irony

10. What is their current birth rate? Not much sex going on there? nt

36. They have sheep

11. Wyoming wants to make women have to travel out of state to get the procedure

12. The first state that granted women's suffrage is the first state to make women second class.

24. That is the irony and

28. The irony Burns! 😔 🤬

16. Now if they'd only...

17. The ayatollahs in Wyoming have spoken. Women will soon have no rights.

18. And yet Wyoming was the first to allow

25. Indeed! eom

29. Oh, let me tell you...Back when I listened to Limbaugh (checking in on the enemy) when Bill Clinton.

30. The religious right and other right-wing groups want to send women's rights back to the 1700s.

32. Rest, have fun, then keep resisting Gilead! Truly hideous!

21. Anti-abortion people believe the word "zygote" was made up to justify abortion.

23. Homunculus

26. So that makes God the biggest abortionist that there can possibly be?

22. The law only criminally penalizes the commercial distributors, not the actual users.

27. This is the first I've heard of Texan Internet restrictions

34. So Wyoming wants to outlaw a medicine that's been legal for more tha 20 years? nt

35. I wonder? wonder? What about tourism to Wyoming? Will this hurt tourism?

40. We were going to visit Grand Teton National Park this fall. Not going to happen now.

37. Will they be searching pregnant women at the borders?

38. Yellowstone while being crowded is sumer is stil a wonder and people come from all over-

39. Spread this far & wide.