A Wyoming judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the first state law specifically banning the use of pills for abortion, the most common method in the country.
Just over a week before the ban was scheduled to take effect, Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County District Court granted a temporary restraining order, putting the law on hold pending further court proceedings.
Medication abortion is already outlawed in states that have near-total bans, since those bans prohibit all forms of abortion.
But Wyoming became the first state to outlaw the use of pills for abortion separate from an overall ban.
The law was scheduled to take effect July 1.
Persons:
Melissa Owens, Judge Owens
Locations:
Wyoming, Teton County