Wyoming Judge Blocks Ban on Abortion Medication Using Anti-Obamacare Provision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The judge's decision renders the law -- the first of its kind, banning the most widely used method of abortion in the U.S. -- unenforceable for the duration of the trial.
48% : Health experts largely agree that abortion does fall under the purview of health care, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
48% : In a poll conducted by the University of Wyoming last fall -- just months after the Supreme Court upended abortion protections that were established in Roe v. Wade -- 36 percent of respondents said abortion should be a personal choice, while another 36 percent said exceptions should be made in certain circumstances, such as in cases of rape or incest.
40% : The plaintiffs had also filed a lawsuit against the state's near-total ban on abortion, which became law in March.
40% : GOP lawmakers in the state seemed to recognize, even in crafting the anti-abortion statutes, that the amendment could be used to block their draconian policies, writing in that abortion law an explicit command that abortion isn't health care -- a blatant attempt to circumvent the amendment's scope.
37% : Owens has also blocked enforcement of that statute, combining the two separate lawsuits into one singular case.
36% : Only 11 percent of respondents said they supported a complete ban on abortion in the state.
35% : During the hearing on Thursday, lawyers for the state tried to make the same failing argument, with special assistant Attorney General Jay Jerde arguing before the judge that abortion isn't health care because "it's not restoring the [person's] body from pain, physical disease or sickness."
32% : That resolution was promoted by Republican lawmakers in response to unwarranted fears about the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

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