Abortion
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the law firm WilmerHale, and Fanon Rucker of the Cochran Law Firm, on behalf of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Preterm-Cleveland, Women鈥檚 Med Group Professional Corporation, Dr. Sharon Liner, and Julia Quinn, MSN, BSN, amended a complaint in an existing lawsuit against a ban on telehealth medication abortion services to bring new claims under the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment, including additional challenges to other laws in Ohio that restrict access to medication abortion in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Abortion
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 鈥 the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 鈥 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鈥檚 ultimate decision will impact access to this essential care across the country.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2022
Abortion
Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 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鈥檚 invitation and overturned Roe eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
Abortion
Cameron v. EMW Women鈥檚 Surgical Center
In 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Abortion
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 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 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 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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86 Abortion Cases
Alabama
May 2018
Abortion
West Alabama Women鈥檚 Center v. Miller
A federal appeals court struck down Alabama鈥檚 law prohibiting physicians from performing a medically proven method of abortion care that some women need.
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Alabama
May 2018
Abortion
West Alabama Women鈥檚 Center v. Miller
A federal appeals court struck down Alabama鈥檚 law prohibiting physicians from performing a medically proven method of abortion care that some women need.
Indiana
Apr 2018
Abortion
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health
In April 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana and Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law passed in 2018 that requires health providers to submit a report to the state when a woman who has had an abortion seeks treatment for a wide range of health conditions. Physicians who fail to submit these reports would face criminal penalties and possible jail time.
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Indiana
Apr 2018
Abortion
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health
In April 2018, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana and Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law passed in 2018 that requires health providers to submit a report to the state when a woman who has had an abortion seeks treatment for a wide range of health conditions. Physicians who fail to submit these reports would face criminal penalties and possible jail time.
Ohio
Feb 2018
Abortion
Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果) and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman鈥檚 reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
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Ohio
Feb 2018
Abortion
Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果) and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman鈥檚 reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Missouri
Oct 2017
Abortion
Comprehensive Health v. Hawley
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Missouri joined with Planned Parenthood to challenge the latest abortion restriction adopted in Missouri: a mandate that at least 72 hours before an abortion, a woman must receive certain state-scripted information , in person, from the physician who will provide her medical care. This is information already provided to all abortion patients by qualified medical professionals without this duplicative requirement, which is inconsistent with modern medical practice.
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Missouri
Oct 2017
Abortion
Comprehensive Health v. Hawley
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Missouri joined with Planned Parenthood to challenge the latest abortion restriction adopted in Missouri: a mandate that at least 72 hours before an abortion, a woman must receive certain state-scripted information , in person, from the physician who will provide her medical care. This is information already provided to all abortion patients by qualified medical professionals without this duplicative requirement, which is inconsistent with modern medical practice.
Sep 2017
Abortion
Fulwider v. Senior
The 老澳门开奖结果 challenged a Florida law that requires any person or organization that advises a woman seeking an abortion to provide her with state-mandated information 鈥 and in the case of a minor, to notify her parents. People and groups affected by the law would be required to register as an 鈥渁bortion referral or counseling agency鈥 with the Florida鈥檚 agency for health care administration and face criminal penalties for failure to comply.
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Sep 2017
Abortion
Fulwider v. Senior
The 老澳门开奖结果 challenged a Florida law that requires any person or organization that advises a woman seeking an abortion to provide her with state-mandated information 鈥 and in the case of a minor, to notify her parents. People and groups affected by the law would be required to register as an 鈥渁bortion referral or counseling agency鈥 with the Florida鈥檚 agency for health care administration and face criminal penalties for failure to comply.