Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic has stopped providing abortions, but it remains open after the state's governor signed a law requiring such facilities be licensed as surgical centers.

A judge has sentenced an abortion opponent to five years in prison for burning a Wyoming abortion clinic.

An abortion opponent has pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge after telling investigators that anxiety and nightmares about Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years led her to break into and burn the planned facility.

Organizers of a planned new women's health clinic that would offer abortions in Wyoming vow to press ahead with their plans despite a suspected arson attack, protests, harassing messages and the chance that abortion could soon become illegal in the state and several others.

Police believe an overnight fire in Wyoming that damaged a building being renovated to house a new abortion clinic was deliberately set.

It's been a throwaway line in presidential campaigns for years: Roe v. Wade is on the ballot. During his 2016 campaign, Trump, who had previously expressed unqualified support for abortion rights, won over skeptical anti-abortion leaders with multiple pledges to combat abortion, including choosing Supreme Court justices open to dismantling Roe v. Wade. “It was devastating and heartbreaking.”There are numerous organizations assisting women who need to travel out of state to access abortion, and such efforts are likely to expand if state abortion bans are permitted. “Aggressive criticism of an otherwise qualified Supreme Court nominee may well work to the political advantage of the president and other Republican candidates,” New said. “These battles are going to rage no matter what the Supreme Court decides to do.”

Where the procedure remains available, some abortion providers report increased demand, often from women distraught over economic stress and health concerns linked to the pandemic. “The calls we’ve been getting are frantic,” said Julie Burkhart, who manages clinics in Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City. An influx of women from Texas contributed to the upsurge of abortions at Burkhart’s clinic in Wichita. Dr. Jen Villavicencio, an abortion provider in Michigan, predicts that demand for abortions will continue to increase during the pandemic. In most cases, her team refers women seeking abortions to non-hospital clinics.