Gordon Vetoes Anti-Abortion Bill, Signs Several Other Measures

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon recently vetoed a bill that specifies that abortion is not healthcare under Wyoming law.

You can read Senate File 125 here.

The bill was put forward because supporters of legalized abortion in Wyoming were arguing that it is healthcare. That is relevant because Wyoming voters in 2012 approved a constitutional amendment saying that competent adults have the right to make their own healthcare decisions.

Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens in November said two laws banning abortion in Wyoming interfered with a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions. The governor has appealed her ruling to the Wyoming Supreme Court, which is slated to hear arguments on the ruling next month.

Gordon Says Bill Would Delay Abortion Rulings

Gordon said he is pro-life on the abortion issue. But in his message on vetoing SF 125 on Friday, the governor wrote the bill would ''only perpetuate redundant legal challenges, add to the delay Wyoming has already witnessed in litigating the state’s ability to regulate abortion, and introduce further complexity into an already robust docket on abortion.” 

The governor on Friday also allowed House Bill 32, the ''What Is A Woman Act," to become law without his signature.

The governor on Monday signed the following bills into law:

EA0064 HB0279 Property tax exemptions-order of application.

SEA0079 SF0038 Performance compensation-investment performance amendment.

SEA0084 SF0070 Investment modernization-state nonpermanent funds.

SEA0093 SF0095 Special purpose depository institution-amendments.

SEA0096 SF0191 State funds-proxy voting and pecuniary investments.

All of the bills were passed by lawmakers during the recent 2025 session of the Wyoming Legislature. While lawmakers have the ability to override gubernatorial vetoes issued after the session ended, doing so would require calling the legislature back into session to hold override votes.