Quick Glance: Arsonist Ordered to Pay $298,000 for Burning Wyoming Abortion Clinic
- Judge orders Green to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors, for burning Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic.
- Lorna Green serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access before its opening, now the only abortion clinic in Wyoming.
- Wellspring, the only abortion clinic in Wyoming, opened in April after being targeted by Green weeks before its scheduled opening in Casper.
- U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson ordered Green to pay about $298,000 in restitution, including $240,000 to the clinic’s insurer, Nationwide General Insurance Company.
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court's Impact: Overturning Roe v. Wade and Changing America
- Abortion is currently illegal in the state until further notice.
- Kristen Lyerly, an OB-GYN and abortion care provider, no longer practices in Wisconsin but instead works in Minnesota where abortion rights are protected by state law.
- The recent Dobbs decision caused an immediate halt in abortion care services.
- State constitutions often have stronger protections for privacy, equality, and bodily autonomy than the U.S. Constitution.
Quick Glance: Wyoming Bans Abortion Pill as Broader Abortion Ban Takes Effect
- Wyoming is the first state to outlaw the use of abortion pills.
- The law, which takes effect in July, makes it a felony to prescribe, sell, or use abortion medication, which is the most commonly used method of terminating a pregnancy.
- People who violate the law face up to six months in prison and a fine.
- The so-called Life Is a Human Right Act went into effect on Sunday, making abortion illegal in most cases and punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Wyoming’s abortion ban will remain blocked in court as the litigation against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Wednesday ... Show more
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