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24 Wyo. L. Rev. 11 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/wylr24 and id is 1 raw text is: WYOMING LAW REVIEW VOLUME 24 2024 NUMBER 1 Unintended Consequences? How Wyoming's Response to the Affordable Care Act Created a Constitutional Right to Abortion and Medical Aid in Dying Emily S. Madden* I. IN TRO D U CTIO N .................................................................................... . 12 II. STATE RESPONSES TO THE CONTENTIOUS AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ....................................................................................................................17 III. WYOMING'S RESPONSE TO THE ACA: ARTICLE I, § 38.................. 20 A . L egislative H istory.......................................................................... . 21 B. Ratification by the E lectorate ............................................................. . 22 C . M odern R elevance ............................................................................. . 24 IV. THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL TREATMENT OF MEDICAL AID IN D YING AND A BORTION ............................................................................. 26 A . M edical A id in Dying ...................................................................... . 26 1. Burman and Pestinger contend Wyomingites have a constitutional right to request medical aid in dying under Article I, § 38(a).......................... 31 B . A bortion .......................................................................................... . 32 1. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization tnggers enforcement of Wyoming' abortion ban ............................................. 33 2. Johnson I................................................................................ . 35 3. The Legislature responds to Johnson I with more abortion regulations, prohibitions, and declarations ............................................................. . 38 4. Johnson II ............................................................................ . 39 V. ANALYSIS....................................................................................................40 A. Principles of constitutional interpretation............................................ 40 B. The phrase health care decisions is unambiguous.............................. 41 C. Abortion and MedicalAid in Dying are Health Care Decisions ............. 43 * Associate Attorney at The Spence Law Firm. J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law, 2019; B.A., University of Dallas, 2015. With gratitude to one of my greatest mentors, Professor Melissa B. Alexander, who offered guidance as I authored much of this article as a student and encouraged me to publish thereafter. In tribute to the Professor John M. Burman (1955-2019) who I never got to meet but whose scholarship I greatly admire. Many thanks to James Bell, Heather Bradford, Hannah Clancy, Jack Martin, Nathan Wise, and the entire editorial board for their invaluable assistance. All opinions and errors are mine alone.

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