Judge strikes down US state’s abortion bans, pill prohibition to end pregnancy

Abortion-rights supporters (Bruce Schreiner/AP)

A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens’ ruling was consistent with her three previous orders over the past two-and-a-half years to block the laws disputed in court.