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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States

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Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States

Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Idaho politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessary emergency medical care. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on this case on April 24, 2024. The Court’s ultimate decision will impact access to this essential care across the country.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2022
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Abortion

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

The case concerns the constitutionality of a Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after the fifteenth week of pregnancy. The state used the case as a vehicle to ask the Supreme Court to take away the federal constitutional right to abortion it first recognized 50 years before in Roe v. Wade. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States accepted the state’s invitation and overturned Roe eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
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Abortion

Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center

In 2018, the Ƶ and the Ƶof 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 “D&E.” 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

Abortion

Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

The Ƶ, the Ƶof 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—before many know they are pregnant. The ACLU’s 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’s 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’ abortion ban will remain in effect until relief can be secured from a court.
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State Ex Rel. Preterm-Cleveland, et al. v. Dave Yost, et al.
Court Case
Sep 2022

Abortion

State Ex Rel. Preterm-Cleveland, et al. v. Dave Yost, et al.

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24th, 2022, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion and reversing nearly 50 years of precedent, a federal judge in Ohio granted the state’s request to allow the previously blocked six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 23, to take effect. On June 29th, 2022, abortion providers in Ohio filed a lawsuit seeking to block this six-week ban with the state supreme court.
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Court Case
Sep 2022
State Ex Rel. Preterm-Cleveland, et al. v. Dave Yost, et al.

Abortion

State Ex Rel. Preterm-Cleveland, et al. v. Dave Yost, et al.

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24th, 2022, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion and reversing nearly 50 years of precedent, a federal judge in Ohio granted the state’s request to allow the previously blocked six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 23, to take effect. On June 29th, 2022, abortion providers in Ohio filed a lawsuit seeking to block this six-week ban with the state supreme court.
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Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, et al., v. Herbert Slatery, et al.
Court Case
Sep 2022

Abortion

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, et al., v. Herbert Slatery, et al.

The lawsuit challenges several abortion restrictions passed in Tennessee, including: a series of gestational age bans that would ban abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy, starting as early as six weeks; and a ban on abortion based on a patient’s reason for seeking abortion, including reasons related to race, sex, or a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
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Court Case
Sep 2022
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, et al., v. Herbert Slatery, et al.

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Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, et al., v. Herbert Slatery, et al.

The lawsuit challenges several abortion restrictions passed in Tennessee, including: a series of gestational age bans that would ban abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy, starting as early as six weeks; and a ban on abortion based on a patient’s reason for seeking abortion, including reasons related to race, sex, or a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
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Planned Parenthood Great NW, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, & Kentucky, Inc. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.
Court Case
Aug 2022

Abortion

Planned Parenthood Great NW, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, & Kentucky, Inc. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.

On April 13, 2022, the Kentucky Legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto and passed H.B.3, an anti-abortion omnibus law with an immediate effective date designed to effectively ban abortion in the state.
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Court Case
Aug 2022
Planned Parenthood Great NW, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, & Kentucky, Inc. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.

Abortion

Planned Parenthood Great NW, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, & Kentucky, Inc. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.

On April 13, 2022, the Kentucky Legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto and passed H.B.3, an anti-abortion omnibus law with an immediate effective date designed to effectively ban abortion in the state.
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Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, et al. v. Charles Miller, et al.
West Virginia
Aug 2022

Abortion

Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, et al. v. Charles Miller, et al.

Following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade – the landmark decision that acknowledged the right to an abortion to millions of Americans for nearly five decades – West Virginia medical providers and advocates filed a lawsuit on June 29, 2022 to prevent the enforcement of an archaic and cruel abortion ban in state court.
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West Virginia
Aug 2022
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, et al. v. Charles Miller, et al.

Abortion

Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, et al. v. Charles Miller, et al.

Following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade – the landmark decision that acknowledged the right to an abortion to millions of Americans for nearly five decades – West Virginia medical providers and advocates filed a lawsuit on June 29, 2022 to prevent the enforcement of an archaic and cruel abortion ban in state court.
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Kentucky
Aug 2022

Abortion

EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Friedlander: Ban on Safe Abortion Procedure

In 2018, the Ƶand the Ƶof Kentucky filed suit on behalf of Kentucky abortion providers to challenge a state law banning physicians from providing a safe and medically proven abortion method called dilation and evacuation, or “D&E.” If it were to take effect, this law would prevent many patients from being able to obtain an abortion altogether. The law imposes serious harm on patients' health and dignity.
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Emw Women’s Surgical Center V. Friedlander: Ban On Safe Abortion Procedure. Explore Case.
Kentucky
Aug 2022
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Abortion

EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Friedlander: Ban on Safe Abortion Procedure

In 2018, the Ƶand the Ƶof Kentucky filed suit on behalf of Kentucky abortion providers to challenge a state law banning physicians from providing a safe and medically proven abortion method called dilation and evacuation, or “D&E.” If it were to take effect, this law would prevent many patients from being able to obtain an abortion altogether. The law imposes serious harm on patients' health and dignity.
Emw Women’s Surgical Center V. Friedlander: Ban On Safe Abortion Procedure. Explore Case.
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