Arsonist Ordered to Pay $300K for Damages to Wyoming Abortion Clinic

Lorna Green, who set fire to the state's only full-service abortion clinic, faces restitution charges amid ongoing legal battles over abortion laws in Wyoming.

Lorna Green, the woman who set fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic in 2022, has been ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors.
Green is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for the arson attack on Wellspring Health Access, which delayed the clinic's opening by almost a year.
The restitution includes $240,000 to Nationwide General Insurance Company, the clinic’s insurer, $33,500 to the building’s owner, Christine Lichtenfels, and $24,500 to Julie Burkhart, founder and president of Wellspring Health Access.
Green has expressed remorse for her crime, which she said was driven by anxiety and nightmares about the planned clinic. She had shown no sign of anti-abortion views on social media but told investigators she opposed abortion.
The arson and eventual opening of the clinic occurred as new laws in Wyoming seek to ban abortion in nearly all cases. These laws, including the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, have been put on hold by a judge amid a lawsuit filed by four women and two nonprofits including Wellspring Health Access.