Restrictions South Carolina is enforcing a 6-week abortion ban[1]S.C. Code Ann. § 44-41-630; Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. South Carolina, No. 2024-000997 (S.C. May. 14, 2025) (upheld the definition of “fetal heartbeat”). 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, […]
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, 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 In September 2024, a trial court found that the North Dakota’s total abortion ban is both unconstitutionally void for vagueness and violates pregnant people’s fundamental right to access abortion care.[1]Access Indep. Health Serv. Inc v. Wrigley, No. 08-2022-CV-1608 (N.D. S. Cent. Dist. Ct. Sept. 12, 2024) (finding the ban unconstitutional). North Dakota had previously […]
Restrictions Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,[1]Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 597 U.S (June 24, 2022), rev’d Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 945 F.3d 265, 274 (5th Cir. 2019). Indiana enacted a new law prohibiting abortion with very limited […]
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 Florida law generally prohibits abortion at six weeks LMP,[1]FLA. STAT. § 390.0111; Planned Parenthood of S.W. and Central Fla. et al. v. Florida, No. 384 So.3d 67 (Fla. Apr. 1, 2024) which upheld the state’s fifteen-week ban, and held the right to privacy … Continue reading fifteen weeks LMP,[2]Fla. Stat. § 390.0111; Florida v. Planned […]
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 […]
