{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-6-509","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 35-6-509","heading":"Applicability; intent.","body":"(a) It is the intent of the legislature that, subject to W.S. 35-6-510:\n(i) The abortion regulations that existed in Wyoming before the United States supreme court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 2015 (2022) be in effect;\n(ii) In light of the Wyoming supreme court's decision in State v. Johnson, 2026 WY 1, the abortion regulations that existed before the enactment of the Life is a Human Right Act be in effect so that abortion in Wyoming is regulated as it was before the United States Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs and the enactment of the Life is a Human Right Act and any subsequent enacted law regulating abortion in the state.","path":["TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 6 - ABORTIONS","ARTICLE 5 - ABORTION REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title35.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"db607c949bb75ede5e44614a7df0bcd897f051f5401c7c8d07a8fb1efb277d59","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-6-508","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-6-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}