On Friday March 17, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill that would make the use or prescribing of medication abortion pills illegal. In addition, he allowed a more sweeping abortion ban to become law without his signature. The two laws will take effect this weekend.

The first law will specifically outlaws prescription contraceptives and so-called "morning-after" pills, with exemptions only for treatments of natural miscarriage and imminent peril to the life or health of the woman. Violation of this ban is punishable by up to 6 months in jail with a maximum fine of $9,000.

The second law, referred to as the Life is a Human Right Act, will ban abortion except where necessary to protect the health and life of the mother, or in cases of rape or incest. There is an exception for pregnancies in which the fetus exhibits a lethal abnormality. Abortion rights supporters already have a suit in progress against the existing