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,[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). … Continue reading following the U.S. […]
Restrictions South Carolina began enforcing its 6-week abortion ban[1]S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-41-610 et seq.; Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. Wilson, No. 3:18-02078-MGL (D.S.C. Jun. 27, 2022) (lifting preliminary injunction); Planned Parenthood S. Atl. v. South Carolina, … Continue reading following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. […]
Restrictions Rhode Island law generally prohibits post-viability abortions[1]23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.13-2(d). and limits public funding for abortion.[2]210 R.I. CODE R. 30-05-2.27(A)(2) (restriction on Medicaid coverage); R.I. GEN. LAWS § 36-12-2.1(a) (restriction prohibiting coverage for state employees). Rhode Island law generally requires that a parent, legal guardian,[3]23 R.I. GEN. LAWS § 23-4.7-6. or judge[4]Id. […]
Restrictions Pennsylvania law prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks LMP.[1]18 PA. CONS. STAT. §§ 3211(a), 3203. It also prohibits abortions sought for reasons of sex.[2]Id. § 3204(c). Pregnant people who seek abortion care must undergo a mandatory twenty-four-hour waiting period and biased counseling.[3]28 PA. CODE § 29.37(b); 18 PA. CONS. STAT. § 3205(a)(1)-(2). Pennsylvania also limits […]
Restrictions On June 27, 2022, Ohio began enforcing its 6-week LMP abortion ban[1]OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 2919.195(A). Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost, no. 1:19-cv-00360 (S.D. Ohio 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 Organization.[2]Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s […]
Restrictions North Dakota planned to begin enforcing its trigger ban in late July 2022.[1]N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-31-12, amended by 2019 N. D. Laws ch. 126 (H.B. 1546); Letter from Drew Wrigley, Att’y Gen., to John Bjornson, Dir. N.D. Leg. Council (Jun. 28, 2022) … Continue reading However, the trigger ban is subject to an injunction […]
Restrictions Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement of North Carolina’s twenty-week gestational ban has been lifted and the ban is currently in effect.[1]N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-45.1(a), invalidated by Bryant v. Woodall, 363 F. Supp. 3d […]
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 Michigan law generally prohibits abortion at the point of viability.[1]MICH. COMP. LAWS § 750.323. It also prohibits D&X procedures.[2]Id. § 750.90h. Pregnant people who seek abortion care must undergo a mandatory twenty-four-hour waiting period and biased counseling.[3]Id. § 333.17015. Michigan also limits public funding for abortion care[4]Id. § 400.109a. and restricts private insurance coverage.[5]Id. […]
