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 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 […]
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] S.B. 2150, 68th Leg. Sess., Reg. Sess. (N.D. 2023). Survivors and victims of rape and incest can obtain abortions up to six weeks […]
Restrictions New Hampshire law prohibits prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks LMP.[1] H.B. 2, 2021 Reg. Sess. §§ 38-39 (N.H. 2021) (eff. Jan. 1, 2022). It also prohibits D&X procedures[2]N.H. REV. STAT. § 329:34. and limits public funding for abortion.[3]See NH Dept. of Health and Human Servs., Office of Medicaid & Business Policy, Medicaid State Plan […]
Restrictions On June 24, 2022, Missouri began enforcing its trigger ban,[1]Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.017(2); Immediate Efficacy of Section 188.017, RSMo, 22 Op. Att’y. Gen. 2022 (2022). which bans all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant person, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs […]
Restrictions Nebraska law generally prohibits abortion at twelve weeks LMP, twenty weeks post-fertilization and after viability.[1] L.B. 574, 108th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2023); NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-3,106; id. § 28-329. The state has a prohibition on D&X procedures, although the Supreme Court held that the statute is unconstitutional.[2]Id. § 28-328; Stenberg v. […]
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 […]
Restrictions In July 2023, Iowa enacted a new 6-week abortion ban,[1]S.F. 597, 2023 Leg., Spec. Sess. (Ia.. 2023). which has already been enjoined,[2]Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc v. Reynolds, (Iowa Dist. July 17, 2023) (temporarily enjoining the six-week ban), available at: … Continue reading while the previous 6-week ban continues to be enjoined.[3]Planned Parenthood of […]
