to protect civil rights and civil liberties in AI applications.
The law also requires the clinic’s physicians to get admitting privileges at a hospital within 10 miles (16 kilometers). A hospital three blocks from the clinic is under no obligation to admit its doctors, however.“This is an abortion ban without banning abortion,” said Julie Burkhart, founder and president of Wellspring Health Access.
A second new law requires women to get ultrasounds at least 48 hours before a medication abortion, costing them $250 or more plus gas money and travel time in a state where ultrasounds are unavailable in many rural areas.The Wyoming Legislature is well within its rights to regulate abortion to protect women from even the small chance of an abortion mishap, argued an attorney for the state, John Woykovsky, at a recent court hearing on the new laws.In most cases, a transvaginal ultrasound is required to obtain a fetal image in the earliest stages of pregnancy, when most abortions are done. That invasiveness, especially for victims of rape and abuse, caused Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, to
a few days after he signed the surgical center requirement into law Feb. 27.The Republican-dominated Legislature overrode his veto, leading Wellspring Health Access, the Wyoming abortion access advocate Chelsea’s Fund and others to sue over it and the licensing law.
Meanwhile, the legal uncertainty caused Wellspring Health Access, which opened in 2023 after an
delayed the original date by almost a year,Weakening exports could drag on growth after the economy contracted 0.7% in the last quarter.
the Trump administration to scrap his tariffs on imports from Japan, but so far, the U.S. has not agreed to do so.The Finance Ministry said April’s trade deficit totaled 115.8 billion yen ($804 million), compared with 504.7 billion yen a year earlier.
The Japanese yen recently has gained against the U.S. dollar, eroding the value of exports in yen terms. The dollar is trading at about 144 yen, down from about 155 yen a year ago.Exports had picked up earlier in the year as businesses rushed to beat tariffs that have gradually taken effect since Trump took office for a second time.