Lawyers fighting abortion ban seek to limit who participates

CASPER — Wyoming women and health care providers are asking a Teton County judge to block state lawmakers and an anti-abortion group from joining an ongoing lawsuit over Wyoming’s abortion ban.

Right to Life Wyoming and lawmakers Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, and Rep. Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, filed a motion last month asking to join the lawsuit as intervenors.

If accepted, they would plan to make additional arguments about abortion as a procedure and the legislative process.

While an attorney representing the state said he isn’t against that group intervening, he would ask...