2026年3月10日 / 美国东部时间上午5:27 / CBS/美联社
怀俄明州州长马克·戈登（Mark Gordon）周一签署了一项立法，禁止在检测到胚胎心脏活动后进行堕胎，这通常发生在怀孕约六周时，而且往往在女性意识到自己怀孕之前。
此次签署使怀俄明州成为第五个在该妊娠阶段禁止堕胎的州，其余四个州是佛罗里达州、佐治亚州、爱荷华州和南卡罗来纳州。另有13个州在所有妊娠阶段禁止堕胎，但有一些例外情况。
身为共和党人的戈登在周一致立法者的信中表示，他对自己签署的这项法律心存疑虑，因为其中没有纳入因强奸或乱伦导致的妊娠例外情况。”该法案与我的反堕胎立场不符之处在于对特定弱势群体的关切，”他写道。
该法律确实规定了例外情况，即”根据适当的医学判断，为保护妇女免受直接危及生命或健康的迫在眉睫的危险”。
怀俄明州州长马克·戈登，2024年7月 里克·博默/美联社
戈登称，另一个问题是该法律”很可能将我们带回我们非常熟悉且不幸的反堕胎诉讼境地”。怀俄明州最高法院今年1月推翻了一项全程禁止堕胎的禁令。
据CBS怀俄明州切尼电视台KGWN-TV报道，戈登写道：”遗憾的是，该法案代表了又一项善意但可能脆弱的法律尝试，它很可能以法庭诉讼而非持久有效的政策告终。我担心我们没有找到拯救未出生胎儿的解决方案，只是在重复尝试特定解决方案的悲伤篇章中又添了一笔。”
就在周一，全州唯一一家既提供手术堕胎又提供药物堕胎的诊所Wellspring健康服务中心（Wellspring Health Access）总裁朱莉·伯克哈特（Julie Burkhart）在一份声明中表示，她已准备好挑战这项新禁令。
“这项禁令是对怀俄明州居民自主决定医疗保健的宪法自由的攻击，也将我们社区的健康和福祉置于危险之中，”她说。
近年来，怀俄明州的堕胎服务获取情况变化不定，部分原因是该州唯一的诊所于2022年被纵火，导致重新开业延迟。有时该诊所仅提供药物堕胎服务。州卫生部门表示，在2024年（有记录的最新一年），该州共有625例堕胎。
总部位于卡斯珀的诊所执行董事凯蒂·纳特（Katie Knutter）表示，2025年该诊所提供了303例堕胎服务。她称，周一工作人员已开始将妊娠周期较长的患者转诊至其他州的医疗机构。
自2022年美国最高法院推翻”罗伊诉韦德案”（Roe v. Wade）并允许各州实施堕胎禁令以来，各州对堕胎的态度一直处于变化之中。
“Fetal heartbeat” abortion ban signed into law by Wyoming governor but court challenge likely
March 10, 2026 / 5:27 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday signed legislation banning abortions after embryotic cardiac activity can be detected, generally at about six weeks’ gestation and often before women know they’re pregnant.
The signing makes Wyoming the fifth state to bar abortions at that stage of pregnancy, along with Florida, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina. Thirteen other states bar abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions.
Gordon, a Republican, said in a letter to lawmakers Monday that he has some misgivings about the law he signed because it doesn’t include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. “Where the act does not align to my pro-life stance is in the concern for specific vulnerable populations,” he wrote.
The law does make an exception in cases to “preserve the woman from an imminent peril that substantially endangers her life or health, according to appropriate medical judgment.”
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon in July 2024 Rick Bowmer / AP
The other issue, Gordon said, is that the law “very likely puts us back in the all too familiar and unfortunate territory of pro-life litigation.” The state’s Supreme Court in January stuck down a ban on abortion throughout pregnancy.
“Regrettably, this Act represents another well-intentioned but likely fragile legal effort with significant risk of ending in the courts rather than in lasting, durable policy,” Gordon wrote, according to CBS Cheyenne affiliate KGWN-TV. “Rather than finding a remedy that saves the unborn, I fear we have only added another chapter to the sad saga of repeatedly trying to force a specific solution.”
Already on Monday, Julie Burkhart, president of Wellspring Health Access – the state’s only clinic offering both abortion procedures and abortion by medication – said in a statement that she was prepared to challenge the new ban in court.
“This ban is an attack on Wyomingites’ constitutional freedom to make their own health care decisions, and it puts the health and well-being of our communities at risk,” she said.
Abortion access in Wyoming has varied in recent years, in part because the state’s sole clinic was set on fire in 2022, delaying its opening. At times, it has offered only medication abortion. The state Health Department says that in 2024, the last year for which records have been compiled, there were 625 abortions in the state.
Katie Knutter, executive director of the Casper-based clinic, said that it provided 303 abortions in 2025. She said the staff on Monday started referring patients who are farther along in their pregnancies to providers in other states.
Whether states allow abortion has been in flux since a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to enforce bans.
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