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The Mountain West is as divided on abortion as the nation, itself. States like Colorado have passed legislation to preserve access to abortion, but several others intend to outlaw the practice as soon as possible. That may be sooner than later, given a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that calls for Roe v. Wade to be overturned.
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Hospital administrators say they are losing money on their obstetrics programs. But many are keeping these wings open anyway to answer a dire community need.
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Anti-abortion bills have always come up in the Wyoming legislature, but recently a handful of measures requiring doctors that provide abortions to perform certain tasks have been adopted. So following the recent actions of other states, it was no surprise the legislature considered some stronger legislation this year and it could potentially send two bills to the governor this time around.
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Michelle Gutierrez pointed out pamphlets on the wall in the waiting room of the North West Healthcare Center in Cody."There are pamphlets about things like birth control and STDs, what else do we have? How to talk to your parents. How to talk to your kids. Safe sex and then, like, violence, date rape, drugs, things like that," she said as she showed me.
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Hormones play an important role in mammalian reproduction. So when something goes wrong with them, a lot of other things can go wrong too. A University of Wyoming researcher is trying to figure out exactly what role misregulation of the hormones estrogen and progesterone play in female reproductive diseases like endometriosis, which affects one in ten women.
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An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could result in some states in the Mountain West moving to severely limit or even ban abortions.
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This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report on sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on how the pandemic may have changed things.…
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The Wyoming Senate has passed a bill that would outlaw chemically-induced abortions.Physicians say the medication is a safe way to handle the procedure,…
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The Wyoming Senate has advanced a bill that would outlaw the use of chemically-induced abortions. It would make the use of medication that is used to…
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The Wyoming House Labor and Health Committee voted to advance several bills regarding abortion.The first bill would not allow state or federal funds to go…