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Judge blocks Wyoming abortion ban on day it goes into effect

John Robinson, an attorney with Robinson Welch Bramlet LLC, makes an oral argument on behalf of plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging Wyoming's impending law banning most abortions in the state during a hearing, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Ninth District Court in Jackson, Wyo. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, Pool) Judge Melissa Owens issues a temporary restraining order, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Ninth District Court in Jackson, Wyo., preventing the state's law banning most abortions from being implemented. ( (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, Pool) FILE - An abortion protester stands outside the Red River Valley Women's Clinic in Fargo, N.D., on Feb. 20, 2013. North Dakota's only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of performing procedures, with a trigger ban due to take effect Thursday, July 28, 2022, that will likely force patients to travel hundreds of miles to receive care pending the clinic's relocation across the border to Minnesota. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File) Anti-abortion supporters try to cover a sign of an abortion rights supporter during an anti-abortion rally as the Indiana Senate Rules Committee met a Republican proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state during a hearing at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)