Abortion is apparently considered an agricultural issue in Wyoming now. Senators on the Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee introduced and passed two antiabortion bills this week, which will now proceed to the floor for a final vote, per the Associated Press [1]. It's unclear why a matter about women's health was assigned to this group rather than the Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, which would ordinarily oversee such legislation. Critics of the bills pointed this out several times during a debate, reports the Casper Star-Tribune [2].

The proposed House Bill 116, similar to other antiabortion bills [3] cropping up across the country, would criminalize selling aborted fetal tissue. House Bill 182 also advanced through the committee; it seeks to legally require physicians to offer women an ultrasound before an abortion is performed, except in emergencies.

"Politicians should heed the advice of medical experts rather than dictate the care physicians provide to their patients," Amanda Allen, senior state legislative counsel at the Center for Abortion Rights, told POPSUGAR in a statement. "The Wyoming Medical Society saw these bills for what they are — government overreach in the doctor-patient relationship."

The committee that approved the bill was also comprised solely of men [4], though the legislation was sponsored by a woman [5].

The bills now only have to clear Wyoming's state senate before they are signed into law.