Both Wyoming and Idaho have taken recent action to restrict abortion. Idaho has passed a copycat bill mimicking the Texas bill allowing civil action against individuals seeking, aiding, or abating an abortion. This bill, currently stayed by the Idaho Supreme Court, would effectively end abortions in the state of Idaho. Additionally, Idaho passed a trigger ban in 2020 that went into effect when Roe was overturned, creating a similar effect to the proposed Texas-style ban. When this law passed, the citizens in red the below graphic were affected if seeking a procedure abortion under 13 weeks. The most drastically affected are all women reliant on medical abortion prescribed by telemedicine, as Idaho has many remote populations. Idaho had no providers of abortion procedures after 13 weeks, therefore laws had no affect on Idaho women seeking care after 13 weeks.

Wyoming has recently passed a trigger ban that would ban abortions in Wyoming five days after an overturn of Roe v. Wade. Wyoming has only one abortion clinic that provides only medical abortions up to 11 weeks, as seen in the graphic below. While the trigger ban has no effect on Wyoming women seeking abortion procedures, it would provide significant barriers to medical abortions sought through telemedicine.

Both bans have little effect on women relying on public transportation, as few options for public transportation exist for citizens of Wyoming or Idaho.

Both bans have little effect on women relying on public transportation, as few options for public transportation exist for citizens of Wyoming or Idaho.

1. Kate Zernike, Idaho Is The First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas’ Law, The New York Times, (March 14, 2022). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/us/idaho-abortion-bill-texas.html
2. Governor Signs ‘Trigger Ban’ Abortion Bill, Wyoming Tribune Eagle, (March 19, 2022). https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/governor-signs-trigger-ban-abortion-bill/article_dc4a64c6-cd6e-574a-ac33-302f5974e0fe.html

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