US Supreme Court declines to review ruling on Guam's voided abortion ban

By Pacific Island Times News Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Attorney General Douglas Moylan’s petition for a reversal of the Guam Supreme Court’s decision holding that a three-decade-old abortion ban on Guam had been voided.

“It is time to finally put this issue to rest, and now women can have access to safe and legal abortions,” Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said.

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The law in question was Guam Public Law 20-134, a 1990 statute that was revisited by local policymakers after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

“I am thankful that these essential healthcare services will continue to be available to our community and that these deeply personal decisions will continue to be made by women, their families, and their doctors,” the governor said.

Jayne Flores, director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, thanked “all of the people who have fought to preserve Women’s healthcare rights, whether you have been out there or quietly fighting the fight through your vote. Please, keep it up.”