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Senate adopts amendment to health-care bill after debate over IVF, medical exceptions
Summary
The Wyoming Senate on Feb. 11 adopted an amendment to Senate File 125 that adds mental‑health language, an in‑vitro fertilization carve‑out and a trigger tied to the Wyoming Supreme Court or March 1, 2026.
Cheyenne — The Wyoming Senate on Feb. 11 adopted a second‑reading amendment to Senate File 125, a bill that defines certain forms of health care and includes language touching on abortion and reproductive‑technology procedures.
The amendment, offered as second reading amendment No. 1, inserts "mental health" into the bill's list of health‑care services, adds a provision stating that fertilized eggs implanted through in‑vitro fertilization that are later expelled from the uterus "shall not be considered an abortion," and sets an effective‑date trigger of March 1, 2026, or the date the Wyoming Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Life Is a Human Right Act, whichever is earlier.
The amendment's sponsor said the changes respond to…
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