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The Mountain West region continues to be divided over abortion rights in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Some state lawmakers want to further protect the rights of people seeking abortion care, while others are looking to make it more challenging for residents to get the medical procedure.

As abortion becomes more restricted across the country, efforts are underway to connect women with abortion medications – a dose of two pills that can be taken at home.

More women are coming to Colorado for abortion services compared to previous years, according to state data.

The White House has issued a statement criticizing an email the University of Idaho sent to employees last week.

Several states are fighting to limit abortion access. But limited access will increase already high costs of traveling to seek abortions for many in the Mountain West.

Idaho’s near-total abortion ban will not take full effect Thursday as planned after a federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law.

With impending lawsuits over abortion access in the state, more young women are seeking permanent solutions to birth control.

A new law banning abortions in Wyoming was put on hold by a state judge Wednesday. That means services continue at the state’s one clinic that provides them. How long that will last, though, is uncertain, as the judge only blocked the law temporarily until she can hear a lawsuit by abortion rights advocates.

As the battle for reproductive rights deepens in post-Roe America, a law professor points out, “Colorado is going to be so important in the near future, immediate future, right now."

After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion one month ago, some in Colorado are now working to expand access, while others are trying to push back.