State Abortion Legislation
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 2022
State Abortion Legislation
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
State Abortion Legislation
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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37 State Abortion Legislation Cases
West Virginia
Aug 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Women鈥檚 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 鈥 the landmark decision that acknowledged the right to an abortion to millions of Americans for nearly five decades 鈥 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
State Abortion Legislation
Women鈥檚 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 鈥 the landmark decision that acknowledged the right to an abortion to millions of Americans for nearly five decades 鈥 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.
Court Case
Aug 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et al v. Moore et al
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed sweeping litigation on behalf of North Carolina abortion providers and reproductive justice activists challenging several abortion restrictions in the state.
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Court Case
Aug 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et al v. Moore et al
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed sweeping litigation on behalf of North Carolina abortion providers and reproductive justice activists challenging several abortion restrictions in the state.
Kentucky
Aug 2022
State Abortion Legislation
EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Meier: Six-Week Ban and Reason Ban
In 2019, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two new Kentucky laws. One law is a ban on abortion at 6-weeks in pregnancy, and the other law would ban abortion based on the specific reasons for the person鈥檚 decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. Both laws are unconstitutional bans on abortion, and they intrude into the personal health decisions of women and families.
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Kentucky
Aug 2022
State Abortion Legislation
EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Meier: Six-Week Ban and Reason Ban
In 2019, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky filed a lawsuit to challenge two new Kentucky laws. One law is a ban on abortion at 6-weeks in pregnancy, and the other law would ban abortion based on the specific reasons for the person鈥檚 decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. Both laws are unconstitutional bans on abortion, and they intrude into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Court Case
Jul 2022
State Abortion Legislation
SisterSong v. State of Georgia
Georgia physicians, reproductive health care providers, and advocates filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 26, bringing a state constitutional challenge against H.B. 481, a law banning abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy 鈥 just two weeks after a person鈥檚 first missed period and before many people even know they are pregnant. This lawsuit comes one week after a federal appeals court allowed Georgia鈥檚 six-week ban to take effect for the first time since it was passed in 2019, causing an immediate, devastating crisis as clinics were forced to turn away patients in waiting rooms across the state and to cancel many upcoming appointments.
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Court Case
Jul 2022
State Abortion Legislation
SisterSong v. State of Georgia
Georgia physicians, reproductive health care providers, and advocates filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 26, bringing a state constitutional challenge against H.B. 481, a law banning abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy 鈥 just two weeks after a person鈥檚 first missed period and before many people even know they are pregnant. This lawsuit comes one week after a federal appeals court allowed Georgia鈥檚 six-week ban to take effect for the first time since it was passed in 2019, causing an immediate, devastating crisis as clinics were forced to turn away patients in waiting rooms across the state and to cancel many upcoming appointments.
Ohio
Jul 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in June of 2019 challenging an Ohio law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. This law would effectively eliminate abortion access in the state. In July of 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking this law from taking effect. On July 7, 2022, following the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization reversing Roe v. Wade, the case was dismissed without prejudice.
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Ohio
Jul 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in June of 2019 challenging an Ohio law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. This law would effectively eliminate abortion access in the state. In July of 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking this law from taking effect. On July 7, 2022, following the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization reversing Roe v. Wade, the case was dismissed without prejudice.