Reproductive Rights
Wyoming Supreme Court strikes down two abortion bans, citing state constitutional right to make health care decisions
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The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled 4-1 on January 6, 2026, that two 2023 laws banning most abortions—including a first-in-the-nation explicit ban on abortion pills—violate a 2012 state constitutional amendment guaranteeing competent adults the right to make their own health care decisions.
The Delhi high court has issued a notice on a petition challenging the blanket ban on embryo adoption under Indian law. The plea argues that the restriction discriminates against infertile couples by denying them access to donated embryos. The court has sought the centre's response and scheduled the next hearing for April 17.
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In the second Trump administration, Heritage Foundation scholars are pressing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to order "gold standard" studies and expand informed-consent requirements for oral contraceptives, arguing the pills carry underappreciated health and ecological costs.