Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.

Court battle over Wyoming abortion ban

Wyoming abortion advocates challenged a “heartbeat” ban in court this week, one day after Gov. Mark Gordon signed it into law. “Heartbeat” bans often prohibit abortion around six weeks of pregnancy; at that stage, many people don’t know they’re pregnant, and there is no fetus or heartbeat—only a fetal pole with measurable electrical activity. The lawsuit, filed March 10, was tacked onto another suit against two other, prior anti-abortion laws. Plaintiffs argue that these restrictions violate residents’ right “to make health-care decisions without interference........

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