Republican lawmakers, advocacy group can’t intervene in Wyoming abortion case

As abortion rights remain in limbo in Wyoming amid an ongoing legal battle, one thing is now sure: Republican state lawmakers and an anti-abortion nonprofit can’t join the case. That’s the decision from the Wyoming Supreme Court, which ruled Friday, February 2, that letting the group provide evidence would further politicize the issue. “We knew it was a long shot,” said Marti Halverson, the leader of Wyoming Right to Life, the nonprofit that tried to intervene. “Nevertheless, we are disappointed.” The state’s highest court affirmedTeton County Judge Melissa Owens’s ruling...