Tue Mar 15, 2022 – 12:02 pm EDT
CHEYENNE, Wyoming (LifeSiteNews) — Wyoming is one step closer to putting a Roe v. Wade trigger bill on the books for if the 1973 Supreme Court decision is overturned.
Both the state Senate and House have now passed the trigger bill that would automatically prohibit all abortions except in cases of rape or incest once Roe is reversed.
The House speaker and Senate president both signed the legislation on March 11. Now, it goes to Republican Gov. Mark Gordon for signature.
Debate occurred over an amendment to add cases of rape and incest as exceptions.
“Taking a life because of the circumstance of conception is wrong. Two wrongs actually don’t make a right,” state Sen. Lynne Hutchings said during the debate.
A Republican state senator wanted the language added to the final version.
“The government can’t do this to women, they’re not our property, we don’t get to decide these kinds of things, it’s beyond the people on this floor,” state Sen. Cale Case said, according to Wyoming Public Media.
The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute said that 21 states currently have laws that would practically eliminate abortion if Roe is reversed.
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