Wyoming lawmakers say tight new restrictions on abortion, including a proposed partial ban, are needed to boost the state’s population, lawmakers said.
Demographers and others counter that economic conditions are the primary cause of an exodus of young people, demographers and others said.
The lawmakers framed the measure as pro-natalist policy, while demographers attributed out-migration to economic forces, the two sides said.
The original report included a photograph credited to Jamie Schwaberow, according to the accompanying material.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
