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 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 On August 25, 2022, Tennessee began enforcing its trigger ban, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited medical emergency exceptions,[1]Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-213 (stating that the ban will take effect thirty days after “the issuance of the judgment…of the United States Supreme Court” which took place on July 28, 2022); … […]
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 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.[2]Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 597 […]
Restrictions South Carolina is enforcing a 6-week abortion ban[1]S. 474, 125th Gen. Assemb., Spec. Sess. (S.C. 2023). after the South Carolina Supreme Court declared the ban to be constitutional.[2]Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. South Carolina, No. 2023-000896 (S.C. Aug. 23, 2023) (order vacating the preliminary injunction and declaring the act constitutional), Planned Parenthood S. Atl […]
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 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 […]
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 April 24,2023, North Dakota began enforcing its new total ban on abortion, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy, except in the case of death or serious health risk.[1]N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-19.1-02. See Access Indep. Health Serv. Inc. v. Wrigley, No. 08-2022-CV-01608 (N.D. S. Cent. Dist. Ct. Jan. 23, 2024) (order […]
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) twitter.com/ LynnFitchAG/status/1541418240370511872?s=20&t=nLzekM8HbrEGRNZEqoV9tw. following […]
