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The Wyoming Supreme Court may not issue its highly anticipated decision on whether the state constitution protects abortion rights until sometime closer to December, Chief Justice Lynne Boomgaarden told WyoFile.

“I can’t tell you when the opinion will be out,” Boomgaarden said, “but it is my best guess that probably by the end of the year — in that timeframe is kind of where we are on it right now. But I’m making no promises.”

The timeline put a damper on any expectations for a rapidly forthcoming ruling, which court watchers have said could come any day since mid-summer. The justices heard oral arguments in April, and under their basic timeline,

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