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  • Lawyers fighting abortion ban seek to limit who participates

    Ellen Gerst, Caper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Sep 29, 2022

    CASPER — Wyoming women and health care providers are asking a Teton County judge to block state lawmakers and an anti-abortion group from joining an ongoing lawsuit over Wyoming’s abortion ban. Right to Life Wyoming and lawmakers Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, and Rep. Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, filed a motion last month asking to join the lawsuit as intervenors. If accepted, they would plan to make additional arguments about abortion as a procedure and the legislative process. While an attorney representing the state said he isn’t again...

  • Former coroner alleges Health Department changed death certificates

    Ellen Gerst, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jul 15, 2021

    CASPER — Former Fremont County Coroner Mark Stratmoen has alleged that the Wyoming Department of Health has changed and issued inaccurate death certificates in the last several months. Citing confidentiality, Stratmoen did not give any specific examples of the changes he alleges, but said changes have been made to a minority of certificates checked by his office. At least one other county coroner in Wyoming said he had also noticed changes being made without authorization. A Department of Health representative said an internal review found t...