A Teton County, Wyoming district judge is set to rule on Wyoming's abortion restrictions, including a first-in-the-nation ban on the use of abortion pills.

Judge Melissa Owens will decide whether to uphold, strike down, or set a trial for challenges to the restrictions, which also make all methods of abortion illegal except for cases involving rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is at risk.

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Owens temporarily blocked the laws from taking effect on three separate occasions and has shown support for a reading of the Wyoming constitution that would include abortion as a form of healthcare.

The challenges to the laws were brought by two obstetricians and two nonprofit organizations. The legal abortion advocates argue that the laws violate a 2012 state constitutional amendment guaranteeing Wyoming residents the right to make their own healthcare decisions, an argument Owens has previously said holds merit.

That amendment was added to the state's constitution at the time as a protection in response to the Affordable Care Act, and attorneys for the state argue that the definition of healthcare under the measure was not intended to include abortion.

Both sides in the case have asked Owens for a ruling to avoid going to trial, which is currently scheduled for April 15.

A decision in any direction is likely to be appealed to the Equality State's Supreme Court. The high court is also deciding this week whether to allow two Republican state lawmakers and Right to Life Wyoming to intervene in the legal challenge, which may force the case to start over to include the new arguments.

One of the plaintiffs, Dr. Giovanna Anthony, has vowed to keep suing no matter what happens, saying, "That appears, at this point, to be the means at which we keep abortion legal."

Wyoming only has two abortion clinics in the entire state, with one in Casper and another in Jackson. However, the Jackson Women's Health and Family Care clinic is set to shut down next week after 30 years in business.

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That clinic received abortion tourists from neighboring Idaho, which also made the procedure illegal.

The Wyoming case comes as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a commonly used abortion drug, mifepristone, in a case that could result in limits to the drug's distribution.