State Abortion Legislation

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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
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State Abortion Legislation

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

State Abortion Legislation

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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38 State Abortion Legislation Cases

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021

State Abortion Legislation

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

In 2019, the Ƶ filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman’s reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient’s reason for seeking care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

State Abortion Legislation

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

In 2019, the Ƶ filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman’s reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient’s reason for seeking care.
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Court Case
Jun 2021

State Abortion Legislation

Bryant et al. v. Woodall et al.

The Ƶ, along with Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn North Carolina’s unconstitutional law that prevents doctors from providing abortion care to a woman after the twentieth week of pregnancy.
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Court Case
Jun 2021
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State Abortion Legislation

Bryant et al. v. Woodall et al.

The Ƶ, along with Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn North Carolina’s unconstitutional law that prevents doctors from providing abortion care to a woman after the twentieth week of pregnancy.
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Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.
Arkansas
May 2021

State Abortion Legislation

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.

The Ƶ (ACLU), the Ƶof Arkansas, and Planned Parenthood Federation filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s new total ban on abortion.
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Arkansas
May 2021
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.

State Abortion Legislation

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.

The Ƶ (ACLU), the Ƶof Arkansas, and Planned Parenthood Federation filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s new total ban on abortion.
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.
North Carolina
Sep 2020

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.

Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.
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North Carolina
Sep 2020
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.

Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.
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Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al
Court Case
Sep 2020

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al

The ACLU, the Ƶof Tennessee, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a medically unsound “abortion reversal” law in Tennessee on behalf of abortion providers in the state: Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, and Carafem.
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Planned Parenthood Of Tennessee And North Mississippi Et Al V. Slatery Et Al. Explore Case.
Court Case
Sep 2020
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al

State Abortion Legislation

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al

The ACLU, the Ƶof Tennessee, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a medically unsound “abortion reversal” law in Tennessee on behalf of abortion providers in the state: Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, and Carafem.
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