Restrictions Texas’s trigger ban, which criminalizes abortion, took effect on August 25, 2022,[1]Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 170A.001-7 (stating that the ban will take effect thirty days after “the issuance of a United States Supreme Court judgment in a decision overruling, wholly or … Continue reading following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade […]
Restrictions In June 2022, Utah began enforcing its trigger ban,[1]Utah Code Ann. § 76-7a-201; @UtahSenate, Twitter (Jun. 24, 2022, 8:17 PM) https://twitter.com/utahsenate/ status/1540489331583766528?cxt=HHwWgMCi1dO49eAqAAAA; Becky Jacobs, Utah’s abortion trigger … Continue reading which bans all abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or the threat to the life of the pregnant person, following the U.S. Supreme […]
Governance The United States Supreme Court has held that inhabitants of Puerto Rico enjoy due process and equal protection rights.[1]Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects & Surveyors v. Flores de Otero, 426 U.S. 572, 600 (1976). Abortion has been legislated in Puerto Rico since at least 1879, and it was prohibited without exception until 1937, when […]
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 On June 24, 2022, Oklahoma revived the state’s pre-Roe ban through a trigger law, [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). following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case […]
Governance The 1976 Covenant between the United States and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) outlines the relationship between the two and sets forth which sections of the Constitution are applicable to CNMI.[1]48 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. The Covenant states that the people of the CNMI have a right to self-governance and […]
Restrictions In October 2024, Ohio’s 6-week ban[1]Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2919.195. was permanently enjoined.[2]Preterm Cleveland v. Yost, No. A2203203 (Ct. C.P. Ohio, Oct. 24, 2024). Permanently enjoining the ban that was in effect for several months following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn … Continue reading The state bans abortion when “probable post-fertilization age […]
Restrictions Nevada law generally prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks post-fertilization.[1]NEV. REV. STAT. § 442.250(1)(b) (“No abortion may be performed . . . unless [it] is performed . . .within 24 weeks after the commencement of the pregnancy”). Nevada limits public funding for abortion,[2]DIV. OF HEALTH CARE FIN. AND POLICY, Medicaid Services Manual, § 603.3 (2019) […]
Restrictions As of 2019, New York law generally prohibits abortion after twenty-four weeks post-fertilization, unless the fetus is not viable or the pregnant person’s life or health, including mental health, is at risk.[1]N.Y. PUB. HEALTH LAW §§ 2599-aa to 2599-bb. State Protections New York has both constitutional and statutory protections for abortion. In 2019, New […]
Restrictions New Hampshire law prohibits prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks LMP.[1] H.B. 2, 2021 Reg. Sess. §§ 38-39 (N.H. 2021) (eff. Jan. 1, 2022). It also prohibits D&X procedures[2]N.H. REV. STAT. § 329:34. and limits public funding for abortion.[3]See NH Dept. of Health and Human Servs., Office of Medicaid & Business Policy, Medicaid State Plan […]
