Restrictions After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Wisconsin Attorney General, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Medical Examining Board filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that the 1849 pre-Roe criminal abortion ban is unenforceable.[1]Kaul et al. v. Kapenga et al., Case No. 2022-CV-001594 (Wis. Cir. Ct. June 28, 2022) (complaint). […]
Restrictions Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, North Carolina enacted a twelve-week abortion ban, which took effect July 1, 2023.[1]S.B. 20, 2023 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.C. 2023) to be codified at N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.81B(2). The state’s twenty-week gestational ban […]
Restrictions On June 27, 2022, the Mississippi Attorney General certified the state’s trigger ban, which bans all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant person, or in cases of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement,[1]Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-45; @LynnFitchAG, Twitter (Jun. 27, 2022, 9:48 AM) https://twitter.com/ LynnFitchAG/status/1541418240370511872?s=20&t=nLzekM8HbrEGRNZEqoV9tw. following […]
Restrictions On June 24, 2022, Arkansas began enforcing its trigger ban, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy, [1]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-61-301 to – 5-61-304; Stephen Simpson, Arkansas attorney general certifies ‘trigger law’ banning abortions in state, Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Jun. 24. 2022) following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. […]
Restrictions In April, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the pre-Roe ban is enforceable,[1]Planned Parenthood v. Mayes, No. CV-23-0005-PR (Ariz. April 9, 2024). however, the ban was repealed in May 2024[2]H.B. 2677, 2024 Leg., Reg. Sess. (AZ. 20234) repealing ARIZ. REV. STAT. §13-3603. and the repeal will be effective on September 14, 2024.[3]Att’y Gen. […]
Restrictions On June 24, 2022, Alabama began enforcing its total abortion ban, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy[1]Ala. Code § 26-23H-4. Robinson v. Marshall, No. 2:19-cv-00365-MHT (M.D. Ala. Jun. 24, 2022) (order lifting preliminary injunction)., following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health […]
