Johnson v. Wyoming
The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state’s abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions. The court held that the decision whether to terminate a pregnancy is a health care decision protected by the amendment, the right provided in the amendment is fundamental, strict scrutiny applies to restrictions of the right, and the bans and their exceptions fail that test because they are not narrowly tailored to achieve the state’s asserted interest in protecting prenatal life.
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