The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state Constitution’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Two abortion bans now head to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Wyoming’s Special Assistant Attorney General Jay Jerde filed the notice of appeal in Teton County District Court on Friday. He represents five defendants — the state of Wyoming,

Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens granted a permanent injunction against Wyoming's restrictive abortion laws. Owens found that the bans violate Wyoming's state constitution. The post Wyoming judge strikes down state abortion bans that would ‘hamstring’ doctors and impede the rights of pregnant women first appeared on Law & Crime.

The new ruling is a win for abortion rights supporters, and it comes on the heels of key wins in other states on Election Day.

A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution, making the procedure legal up until fetal viability for the time being.

A Wyoming judge on Monday blocked the state's strict abortion laws, including its ban on the use of abortion drugs, keeping abortion legal in the state for now.

The abortion bans "undermine the integrity of the medical profession by hamstringing the ability of physicians to provide evidence-based medicine to their patients," a district judge ruled.