Protecting the Fundamental and Privacy Rights of the Citizens of Wyoming

January 6, 2026

The Wyoming Supreme Court issued a decision holding the Wyoming Constitution includes a fundamental right to health care, (applying strict scrutiny) and that Abortion is a necessary component of women’s health care and the decision to terminate or continue a pregnancy is a woman’s own health care decision. John Robinson and Marci Crank Bramlet have been advocating for these rights for Wyoming’s women since this case began in 2023.

Among the many important comments of the Court, Chief Justice Lynne Boomgaarden holds:

  • “We Overrule the ‘No-Set-of-Circumstances’ Distinction between Facial and As Applied Constitutional Challenges to Statutes”
  • Ignoring legislative facts and other extrinsic evidence asks a Court “to put blinders on” when applying strict scrutiny to fundamental rights
  • Abortion is necessary medical care, including on the basis of mental health conditions
  • Rape and incest exceptions undermine the State’s stated interest of protecting unborn life, and actually create a barrier to victims of violence seeking necessary health care
READ THE DECISION

The law firm of Robinson Bramlet LLC could not be more pleased with the ruling of the Wyoming Supreme Court today. Wyoming’s Constitution ardently protects personal liberty, including health care decisions like abortion. The Court’s decision today acknowledges these long-held and enshrined rights. Whether and when to have children or start a family are some of the most personal, private decisions a person makes in their lifetime. Today the Wyoming Supreme Court protects every person’s privacy and autonomy when making those decisions. The decision also honors Wyoming’s tradition of independence and limited government regulation, and it restricts unnecessary ideologic interference in citizens’ private lives.

John and Marci will continue to advocate for these important principles for all Wyoming citizens, including defending against future legislative attempts to reduce these freedoms which are so fundamental to the people of Wyoming and essential to our way of life.

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