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The ruling from a Teton County judge comes after an hours-long hearing Tuesday where representatives from both the plaintiffs and the defendants made arguments about the state's ban, which was supposed to go into effect about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Judge Melissa Owens heard arguments for and against a preliminary injunction Tuesday. That would delay Wyoming’s abortion ban from being enforced until a lawsuit questioning its constitutionality settles. She says she needs more time to research before her ruling.

As the battle for reproductive rights deepens in post-Roe America, a law professor points out, “Colorado is going to be so important in the near future, immediate future, right now."

A new law banning abortions in Wyoming was put on hold by a state judge Wednesday. That means services continue at the state’s one clinic that provides them.How long that will last, though, is uncertain, as the judge only blocked the law temporarily until she can hear a lawsuit by abortion rights advocates.

Six plaintiffs are suing to try to keep Wyoming’s trigger abortion law from being enforced.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and First Lady Jennie Gordon came for a meet and greet at the Wind River Brewing Company in Pinedale Thursday morning.Dozens of Sublette County residents came out to speak with Gordon.

The only clinic that provides abortion services in the state is still providing them. Dr. Giovannia Anthony who works at the clinic in Jackson said they are still getting calls for appointments. As of this publication, abortion is still legal. But that could change any day now.

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but three of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed abortion decisions to states. That means state supreme courts will likely have to review what abortion rights people have under state constitutions. In the Mountain West, there are already several lawsuits about abortion laws that these state courts have to review. That includes one suit in Idaho and another in Utah, which has led to a temporary stay of that law going into effect.

A long time advocate for abortion rights in the state said she will be looking at a new strategy as Wyoming's abortion trigger law comes into play.