Restrictions Illinois law generally prohibits abortion after viability.[1]775 ILL. COMP. STAT. 55/1-25(a). Illinois has reporting requirements.[2]775 ILL. COMP. STAT. 55/1-25(b); ILL. ADMIN. CODE tit. 77, § 505.40. State Protections In 2019, Illinois enacted a statutory protection for abortion as a fundamental right.[3]775 Ill. COMP. STAT. 55/1-15. It states: (a) Every individual has a fundamental right […]
Restrictions Kansas law generally prohibits abortion at twenty-two weeks LMP and post-viability.[1]KAN. STAT. ANN. § 65-6723(f); id. § 65-6724(a); id. § 65-6703. The state asserts that life begins at fertilization.[2]Id. § 65-6732. It prohibits D&X procedures[3]Id. § 65-6721. and D&E procedures, although the latter ban is permanently enjoined,[4]Id. § 65-6472(b); id. § 65-6743; Hodes & […]
Restrictions California law generally prohibits abortion at viability.[1]CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 123468. State Protections California has enshrined in statute a protection for abortion as a fundamental right.[2]CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 123462, CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 123466. The law provides: The legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses a […]
Restrictions Colorado generally requires that parents or legal guardians be notified about a minor’s abortion;[1]COLO. REV. STAT. § 13-22-704. alternatively, a judge can approve a minor’s petition without parental notification.[2]Id. § 13-22-707. On November 3, 2020, voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have prohibited abortion after 22 weeks LMP.[3]End Late Term Abortions in Colorado, […]
Restrictions Alaska law prohibits D&X procedures, but that ban is permanently enjoined.[1]ALASKA STAT. § 18.16.050. Planned Parenthood of Alaska, Inc. v. State, No. 3AN-97-6019 CIV (Alaska Super. Ct. Mar. 13, 1998), appeal withdrawn, No. S-08610 (Alaska June 29, 2000). Alaska law includes an unenforced, unconstitutional parental involvement requirement.[2]Planned Parenthood of The Great Nw. v. State, […]
Restrictions Arizona bans abortion at fifteen weeks.[1]Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 36-2322, 36-2326. However, the ban is currently being challenged as unconstitutional due to the state’s constitutional amendment.[2]Reuss v. Arizona, No. CV 2024-034624 (D. Ariz. Dec. 3, 2024) (order requesting injunctive and declaratory relief) Arizona’s Attorney General entered into a stipulation agreement to not enforce the […]
