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
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2019
State Abortion Legislation
June Medical Services v. Russo
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit鈥檚 decision upholding Louisiana鈥檚 law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with the Supreme Court鈥檚 binding precedent in Whole Woman鈥檚 Health v. Hellerstedt, where the Court invalidated a similar statute in Texas in 2016.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2019
State Abortion Legislation
June Medical Services v. Russo
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit鈥檚 decision upholding Louisiana鈥檚 law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with the Supreme Court鈥檚 binding precedent in Whole Woman鈥檚 Health v. Hellerstedt, where the Court invalidated a similar statute in Texas in 2016.
Indiana
Apr 2018
State Abortion Legislation
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
State Abortion Legislation
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
State Abortion Legislation
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
State Abortion Legislation
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.
Maine
Sep 2017
State Abortion Legislation
Jenkins v. Almy
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Maine, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging a Maine law requiring that abortions be performed only by physicians and blocking qualified nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives (also known as advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNs) from providing this care, despite their rigorous post-graduate training and extensive clinical experience. The physician-only law severely restricts patient access to abortion services in Maine, a rural and medically underserved state.
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Maine
Sep 2017
State Abortion Legislation
Jenkins v. Almy
The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Maine, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging a Maine law requiring that abortions be performed only by physicians and blocking qualified nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives (also known as advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNs) from providing this care, despite their rigorous post-graduate training and extensive clinical experience. The physician-only law severely restricts patient access to abortion services in Maine, a rural and medically underserved state.
Arkansas
Jun 2017
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Smith
The 老澳门开奖结果 and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in June 2017 challenging a new Arkansas restriction that would target reproductive health facilities with extreme and medically unnecessary overregulation and would effectively ban abortion care in Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Jun 2017
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Smith
The 老澳门开奖结果 and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in June 2017 challenging a new Arkansas restriction that would target reproductive health facilities with extreme and medically unnecessary overregulation and would effectively ban abortion care in Arkansas.