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Hanna Merzbach/Wyoming Public MediaAs the Wyoming Supreme Court considers whether the state’s abortion bans are constitutional, data show women who are denied abortions and carry their pregnancy to term have worse financial and physical well being than women who got abortions. -
Hanna Merzbach/Wyoming Public MediaThe temporary pause means Wellspring Health Access, the only clinic that provides procedural abortions in the state, will be able to reopen later this week to offer its full range of services. It also means Wyoming women will not be subject to a new ultrasound requirement.
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New research shows high levels of a toxic byproduct linked to cancer and other health problems polluting drinking water across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West. One of the main causes is manure runoff from livestock farms. -
Federal layoffs shut down registry that studied links between firefighters and cancer ‘indefinitely’The move comes in the wake of massive Trump administration layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, the parent agency of the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which runs the program. -
Abortion advocates are trying to block two new laws limiting access to abortion in the state, but they’ll have to keep waiting. -
Since a new law shuttered the state’s only procedural abortion clinic, its patients were referred to Colorado, Utah and Montana. -
The loss is part of a nationwide cancellation of Covid-era grants announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this week. -
Abortion advocates are trying to block two new laws which limit access. They dismissed their original filing in Natrona County. Now, they may have to try again. -
At least 95% of community members need to be vaccinated to protect against the virus. That number is a lot lower in some western states. -
The April hearing on the future of abortion access in the state has been years in the making. -
A nonprofit and a group of physicians were also denied in their attempt to submit “friend of the court” briefs. -
Clinics providing everything from free dental care to family planning services are keeping a close eye on changes to federal spending.
