Abortion ruling not expected until year's end, Wyoming chief justice says
The Wyoming Supreme Court may not issue its highly anticipated decision on whether the state constitution protects abortion rights until sometime closer to December, Chief Justice Lynne Boomgaarden told WyoFile.
“I can’t tell you when the opinion will be out,” Boomgaarden said, “but it is my best guess that probably by the end of the year — in that timeframe is kind of where we are on it right now. But I’m making no promises.”
The timeline put a damper on any expectations for a rapidly forthcoming ruling, which court watchers have said could come any day since mid-summer. The justices heard oral arguments in April, and under their basic timeline, they then have 90 days to craft and circulate an opinion — the legal explanation from the majority side.
But any justice can call for an extension to that timeline as they debate and craft an opinion that satisfies a majority of the justices, Boomgaarden said after WyoFile asked about the decision’s timing in a rare interview Wednesday. Boomgaarden did not offer any indication which way the court is leaning, and said the justices could not discuss case specifics.
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