Nation IN BRIEF : WYOMING : House Panel Kills Strict Abortion Bill

A controversial bill that would have made Wyoming’s abortion law the most restrictive in the nation was killed by a House committee in Cheyenne. Members of the Judiciary Committee, voting 5 to 4 against the bill, said that the proposal was too much, too soon. As drafted, the Human Life Protection Act would have outlawed abortions except when a mother’s health was in jeopardy, or in cases of rape or incest. In the latter two instances, a woman would have had to report the crime within five days after she was able to be eligible for an abortion. Doctors who performed abortions otherwise could be convicted of a felony.