State Abortion Legislation

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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
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State Abortion Legislation

Cameron v. EMW Women鈥檚 Surgical Center

In 2018, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Kentucky filed a suit on behalf of Kentucky abortion providers and their patients challenging a state law banning physicians from providing a safe and medically proven abortion method called dilation and evacuation, or 鈥淒&E.鈥 If it were to take effect, this law would prevent many patients from being able to obtain an abortion altogether. After two courts held that the law is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled in March 2022 that Kentucky Attorney General Cameron can continue his pursuit to push abortion out of reach by intervening in the underlying challenge to an abortion ban, which is proceeding in a lower court.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

State Abortion Legislation

Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Texas, and coalition partners filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers and funds on July 13, 2021, challenging S.B. 8, a Texas law allowing private citizens to enforce a ban on abortion as early as six weeks in pregnancy鈥攂efore many know they are pregnant. The ACLU鈥檚 challenge made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court three times in as many months. After hearing oral arguments in the case, the Court issued a decision on December 10, 2021, that ended the most promising pathways to blocking the ban. The Supreme Court鈥檚 decision makes it more difficult to obtain adequate relief from the courts and gives states the green light to ban abortion using bounty-hunting schemes. Texas鈥 abortion ban will remain in effect until relief can be secured from a court.
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38 State Abortion Legislation Cases

Moira Akers v. State
Maryland Supreme Court
Jun 2024

State Abortion Legislation

Moira Akers v. State

This case concerns whether prosecutors can admit evidence that a person exercised their right to decide whether to terminate their pregnancy as proof of intent for murder. Here, the prosecution鈥檚 use of this evidence at Moira Akers鈥 trial denied her due process, resulting in an unjust conviction and a 30-year prison term. The ACLU鈥檚 Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, alongside the 桃子视频of Maryland, filed an amicus brief arguing that allowing admission of this evidence not only violated Ms. Akers鈥 rights but chills the right of all Marylanders to freely decide whether to continue or end their pregnancies. The Maryland Supreme Court issued a ruling on February 19th, 2025 overturning Moira Akers鈥 conviction on the grounds of inadmissible evidence.
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Maryland Supreme Court
Jun 2024
Moira Akers v. State

State Abortion Legislation

Moira Akers v. State

This case concerns whether prosecutors can admit evidence that a person exercised their right to decide whether to terminate their pregnancy as proof of intent for murder. Here, the prosecution鈥檚 use of this evidence at Moira Akers鈥 trial denied her due process, resulting in an unjust conviction and a 30-year prison term. The ACLU鈥檚 Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, alongside the 桃子视频of Maryland, filed an amicus brief arguing that allowing admission of this evidence not only violated Ms. Akers鈥 rights but chills the right of all Marylanders to freely decide whether to continue or end their pregnancies. The Maryland Supreme Court issued a ruling on February 19th, 2025 overturning Moira Akers鈥 conviction on the grounds of inadmissible evidence.
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Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al.
Court Case
Nov 2023

State Abortion Legislation

Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al.

The 桃子视频is challenging two Guam laws that are blocking access to abortion on the island.
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Court Case
Nov 2023
Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al.

State Abortion Legislation

Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al.

The 桃子视频is challenging two Guam laws that are blocking access to abortion on the island.
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EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et. al.
Court Case
Jun 2023

State Abortion Legislation

EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et. al.

Immediately following the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 桃子视频, 桃子视频of Kentucky, and coalition partners filed a state court lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers challenging two Kentucky laws that collectively eliminate access to abortion in the Commonwealth. The case was dismissed without prejudice after the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the abortion provider plaintiffs could not assert the constitutional rights to privacy and self-determination on behalf of their patients. The Court left open the door for Kentuckians seeking abortion to assert their own constitutional rights.
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Court Case
Jun 2023
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et. al.

State Abortion Legislation

EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et. al.

Immediately following the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 桃子视频, 桃子视频of Kentucky, and coalition partners filed a state court lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers challenging two Kentucky laws that collectively eliminate access to abortion in the Commonwealth. The case was dismissed without prejudice after the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the abortion provider plaintiffs could not assert the constitutional rights to privacy and self-determination on behalf of their patients. The Court left open the door for Kentuckians seeking abortion to assert their own constitutional rights.
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein
North Carolina
Jun 2023

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein

North Carolina health care providers filed a lawsuit on June 16, 2023 challenging several provisions in Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion from the earliest stages of pregnancy and bans care after 12 weeks in nearly all circumstances. The case was filed one month after the North Carolina General Assembly rushed S.B. 20 through both chambers and overrode a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper to put it into law. The law 鈥 which was drafted and passed without any opportunity to amend 鈥 is scheduled to take effect on July 1.
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North Carolina
Jun 2023
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein

North Carolina health care providers filed a lawsuit on June 16, 2023 challenging several provisions in Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion from the earliest stages of pregnancy and bans care after 12 weeks in nearly all circumstances. The case was filed one month after the North Carolina General Assembly rushed S.B. 20 through both chambers and overrode a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper to put it into law. The law 鈥 which was drafted and passed without any opportunity to amend 鈥 is scheduled to take effect on July 1.
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Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al.
Florida
Apr 2023

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al.

On January 23, 2023, the Florida Supreme Court accepted a request by abortion providers to hear arguments in their case against House Bill 5 (HB 5), a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that threatens to put doctors in jail for providing essential care beyond that point. The move comes after several court rulings closed off meaningful legal avenues to block the law. While providers鈥 request for the court to hear arguments in the case was granted, the justices declined to immediately block HB 5 while the lawsuit proceeds, leaving the ban in place for now.
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Florida
Apr 2023
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al.

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al.

On January 23, 2023, the Florida Supreme Court accepted a request by abortion providers to hear arguments in their case against House Bill 5 (HB 5), a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that threatens to put doctors in jail for providing essential care beyond that point. The move comes after several court rulings closed off meaningful legal avenues to block the law. While providers鈥 request for the court to hear arguments in the case was granted, the justices declined to immediately block HB 5 while the lawsuit proceeds, leaving the ban in place for now.
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