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Wyoming governor signs law outlawing use of abortion pills By Reuters

Wyoming governor signs law outlawing use of abortion pills

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evleyn Hockstein

(Reuters) -Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon on Friday signed into law a bill outlawing the use of abortion pills that was approved by state legislators earlier this month.

Gordon, a Republican, signed the legislation as a federal judge in Texas considers ordering a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups.

Legal fights over abortion rights have ramped up in the United States following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing the procedure.

Some abortion providers say that if mifepristone is banned, they would switch to a regimen using only misoprostol for a medication abortion.

A misoprostol-only regimen is considered less effective, and it is not yet clear how widely available it would be.

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