An opinion piece published yesterday in the #BillingsGazette explores #CodyRoberts ' #torture of a young female #wolf in Daniel, #Wyoming. By now, most of you have heard the news or seen the disturbing photos and videos. We remain disgusted by the #cruelty, as does our partner and op-ed author #JeffEwelt.
In his op-ed, Jeff Ewelt, the Executive Director of #ZooMontana and a partner of The #RelistWolves Campaign,
Contact #Wyoming State officials including Governor #MarkGordon, at 307-777-7434, and #WyomingGameAndFishDepartment Director, #BrianNesvick, at 307-777-4600. Please be polite and respectful in your comment, but emphasize that the world is watching. Here are three talking points for your call:
The recent incident where a #wolf was chased, injured, and killed, is #AnimalCruelty and tarnishes the reputation of the state.
Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming after a judge ruled Thursday that the 1st-in-the-nation law to ban them won't take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds.
While other states have instituted de facto bans on the medication by broadly prohibiting abortion, only Wyoming has specifically banned abortion pills
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2023-04 that access to 1 of the 2 pills (mifepristone) may continue while litigants seek to overturn FSA approval of it.
Wyoming's new laws were enacted after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade (2022-06). Since then 25 million women & teenagers have been subjected to stricter controls on ending pregnancies or almost total bans on abortion
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed the legislation outlawing medication abortions
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Texas denied abortions to these women when their lives were in danger. Now they're suing the state.
Though speaking out requires them to relive losing their wanted pregnancies, four plaintiffs told The 19th they're doing it because they know they're "not the only ones like this."
Wyoming Governor #MarkGordon on Friday signed into law a bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication #AbortionPills that was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature earlier this month.
Gordon, a Republican, signed the law as a federal judge in Texas considers ordering a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups.