Restrictions Wyoming planned to begin enforcing its trigger ban in late July 2022.[1]WYO. STAT. ANN. § 35-6-102. However, the trigger ban is currently subject to a preliminary injunction and is not in effect.[2]Johnson v. State, No. 18732 (Wy. Dist. Ct. of Teton Cnty. Aug. 10, 2022). On March 21, 2023, Wyoming enacted a total ban […]
Restrictions On September 13, 2022, West Virginia began enforcing its total ban on abortion, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy, except in the case of a “nonmedically viable fetus”, ectopic pregnancy, or medical emergency.[1]W. Va. Code §16-2R-3. Survivors and victims of rape and incest can obtain abortions up to eight weeks of gestation, […]
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 […]
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 Michigan law generally prohibits abortion at the point of viability.[1]MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.323. It also prohibits D&X procedures.[2]Id. § 750.90h. Pregnant people who seek abortion care must undergo a mandatory twenty-four-hour waiting period and biased counseling.[3]Id. § 333.17015. Michigan also limits public funding for abortion care[4]Id. § 400.109a. and restricts private insurance coverage.[5]See […]
Restrictions On November 23, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court allowed the state’s six week ban to take effect.[1]State of Georgia v. SisterSong Women of Color Reprod. Just. Collective, Case No. S23M0358 (Ga. Nov. 23, 2022). The ban was previously enjoined following a November 15, 2022 ruling by the Superior Court of Fulton County that enjoined […]
Restrictions On October 7, 2022, the Arizona Court of Appeals enjoined enforcement of the state’s pre-Roe ban, which prohibits almost all abortions with a very limited life exception,[1]Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-3603, 13-3605; Nelson v. Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson, 19 Ariz. App. 142, 505 P.2d 580 (1973), rev’d Planned Parenthood v. Brnovich, No. C127867 […]
