Restrictions On June 24, 2022, Utah began enforcing its trigger ban,[1]Utah Code Ann. § 76-7a-201; @UtahSenate, Twitter (Jun. 24, 2022, 8:17 PM) twitter.com/utahsenate/ status/1540489331583766528?cxt=HHwWgMCi1dO49eAqAAAA; Becky Jacobs, Utah’s abortion trigger law is … Continue reading, which bans all abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or the threat to the life of the pregnant person, following […]
Restrictions South Carolina began enforcing its 6-week abortion ban[1]S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-41-610 et seq. Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. Wilson, No. 3:18-02078-MGL (D.S.C. Jun. 27, 2022) (lifting preliminary injunction); Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. South Carolina, … Continue reading following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Jackson Women’s […]
Restrictions On June 24, 2022, South Dakota began enforcing its trigger ban, which prohibits all abortions except to preserve the life of the pregnant person,[1]S.D. Codified Laws § 22-17-5.1. following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in the case Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs.[2]Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 597 […]
Restrictions On July 1, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court prohibited only criminal enforcement of the pre-Roe abortion ban and allowed for civil enforcement.[1]Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton, No. 22-0527 (Tex. July 1, 2022) (order granting stay). Additionally, Texas law generally prohibits abortion at six weeks before many people know that they are pregnant.[2]Tex. Health & […]
Restrictions On June 28, 2022, Tennessee began enforcing its 6-week LMP abortion ban,[1]Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-15-216; Memphis Ctr. for Reprod. Health v. Slatery, No. 20-5969 (6th Cir. Jun. 28, 2022) (order lifting preliminary injunction). following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs.[2]Dobbs v. Jackson […]
Restrictions Pennsylvania law prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks LMP.[1]18 PA. CONS. STAT. §§ 3211(a), 3203. It also prohibits abortions sought for reasons of sex.[2]Id. § 3204(c). Pregnant people who seek abortion care must undergo a mandatory twenty-four-hour waiting period and biased counseling.[3]28 PA. CODE § 29.37(b); 18 PA. CONS. STAT. § 3205(a)(1)-(2). Pennsylvania also limits […]
Restrictions Oregon requires abortion providers to submit reports to the state.[1]OR. REV. STAT. § 435.496. Protections Oregon law includes an express statutory protection for abortion,[2]Id. § 659.880. which states: [A public body] may not: (1) Deprive a consenting individual of the choice of terminating the individual’s pregnancy; (2) Interfere with or restrict, in the regulation […]
Restrictions On June 24, 2022, Oklahoma began enforcing its trigger ban,[1]S.B. 1555, 58th Leg., 2nd Reg. Sess. (Ok. 2022), amending 2021 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 308. John M. O’Connor, Op. Att’y. Gen. (Jun. 24, 2022). which bans all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant person, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision […]
Restrictions North Carolina law includes an enjoined twenty-week gestational ban.[1]N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-45.1(a), invalidated by Bryant v. Woodall, 363 F. Supp. 3d 611 (M.D.N.C. 2019), aff’d, 1 F.4th 280 (4th Cir. June 23, 2021). It also prohibits abortions sought because of sex.[2]N.C. GEN. STAT. § 90-21.121(a). In 2021, North Carolina passed a law prohibiting […]
Restrictions New Jersey law generally prohibits D&X procedures;[1]N.J. STAT. ANN. § 2A:65A-6. although the ban was held unconstitutional, the statute has not been repealed.[2]Planned Parenthood v. Farmer, 220 F.3d 127 (3d Cir. 2000). Likewise, the legislature has not repealed a requirement that a parent or legal guardian be notified about a minor’s abortion,[3]N.J. STAT. ANN. […]
