Statement from President Kyle Washut Regarding the Wyoming Supreme Court’s Ruling on Abortion Ban

The following statement was written in response to the Supreme Court of Wyoming’s recent ruling on a pair of pro-life laws that would have eliminated abortion in the state.

On Tuesday, January 6th, the Supreme Court of Wyoming ruled that two recent laws barring abortion in the state (including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills) violated the state constitution. This is a terrible day for Wyoming.

The Court’s ruling is a clear distortion of the intent of Article 1, Section 38, which they cited in their decision, and which guarantees Wyoming adults the right to make their own healthcare decisions. Finding protection for the evil of abortion under the guise of “healthcare” is particularly agonizing for those who have been working with prayerful hope for the abolition of the great evil of abortion. We can only pray that the Feast of Our Lord’s appearing—celebrated on the 12th Day of Christmas and marked by the visit of the Magi (Wise Men) who brought gifts and recognized him as the world’s Ruler and Savior—will bring light to this new darkness now in our state, and wisdom to those who confront it.

While our curriculum and our community are not focused on political activism, this is a case where we cannot sit idly by while such grave injustice is done. We believe that it is important for our students to engage with the public and political spheres on this issue of abortion, since it is an issue that fundamentally affects the moral health of our society. We will continue to support our students as they witness to the deep truth that all life is sacred, from conception to natural death.

We are proud to be a Pro-Life college.