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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for Sunday March 10, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Alliance Defending Freedom: Wyoming Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Maternal Health, Unborn Children
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, March 8 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the Wyoming Legislature's passage of HB 148, a bill that protects maternal health and the unborn: "Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected. We are glad that Wyoming continues to enact laws that promote the safety and wellbeing of mothers and p  more

Everytown for Gun Safety: Careless and Dangerous - Wyoming Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond to Passage of Measure to Flood Schools, Sporting Events and More With Guns
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 8 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: The Wyoming chapters of Moms Demand Action, and leaders with Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statements after lawmakers in the Senate passed HB 125. The measure, which now heads to Governor Mark Gordon's desk, seeks to advance the gun lobby's dangerous "guns everywhere" agenda by pushing guns into government meeting spaces, schools, u  more

GOV. GORDON TO ALLOW BILL TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO 'OUT' STUDENTS TO BECOME LAW WITHOUT SIGNATURE
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * ACLU COMMENTS * * * Gov. Mark Gordon indicated he will allow a bill that that will require schools to notify parents of "a change in the student's physical, mental or emotional health or well-being" - in other words, requiring schools to "out" gay, transgender or gender-nonconforming youth to their parents - to become law without his signature. The ACLU of Wyomi  more

Hours After Being Struck Down, Wyoming Lawmakers Revive Reckless Measure Pushing "Guns Everywhere" Agenda, Moms Demand Action Responds
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 6 -- Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news release: The Wyoming chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement after lawmakers broke legislative procedure rules and revived HB 125, just after lawmakers in the Judiciary Committee voted down the measure last night after hours of debate. "This is reckless and shameful," said Beth Howard, a volunteer with the W  more