"In Wyoming, the state's Supreme Court looked at two laws - one banning abortion in all cases except to protect a pregnant woman's life or in cases involving rape or incest, and another banning abortion pills explicitly. Both laws were quashed on Tuesday. Abortion pills are the most common method of pregnancy termination in the US. The Wyoming bill, which was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature in 2023, made it illegal to "prescribe, dispense, distribute, sell or use any drug for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion". At the time, Wyoming American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) advocacy director Antonio Serrano criticised the bill, saying "a person's health, not politics, should guide important medical decisions - including the decision to have an abortion". Republicans in the state aren't happy with the laws being shot down. But they are now pushing for something more sweeping. On Tuesday, Wyoming's Republican Governor Mark Gordon expressed disappointed on the ruling and called for state legislators to pass a constitutional amendment cementing the ban in the state. "This ruling may settle, for now, a legal question, but it does not settle the moral one, nor does it reflect where many Wyoming citizens stand, including myself," he said. "It is time for this issue to go before the people for a vote, and I believe it should go before them this fall.""
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