A wave of new abortion bans in states like Alabama and Georgia, and a long list of subsequent lawsuits challenging them, has led to confusion about where the law stands from state to state.
More than 350 pieces of legislation that would restrict abortion access have been introduced in states across the country this year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research group that was initially formed under Planned Parenthood but has been operating separately for years.
But an introduced bill is not a passed bill, and a passed bill is neither necessarily signed nor enacted. It's nuances like that that cause confusion over abortion rights. The authors of the bill have said they expected the law to be dismissed by lower courts and that they hope it is taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court as a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
When Kentucky’s Republican governor, Matt Bevin, signed a similar"heartbeat" ban in March, the law included an"emergency" declaration. The idea was that the ban would take effect immediately, but that didn't last long. As in other states, the law was immediately challenged in court, and a district judge issued a temporary restraining order against the bill, The Courier Journal reported.
A"heartbeat" ban has passed through the state legislature in Louisiana and Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who has been vocal about his anti-abortion beliefs throughout his political life, has said he plans to sign it. Republican Gov. Mike Parson has not signed the bill yet, but has said that he plans to. Like in all of the other states with similar laws, it is expected to be challenged in court if it becomes a law.
The ACLU of Utah and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed a lawsuit against that state's law. The Utah attorney general issued a preliminary injunction to keep the ban from taking effect, per The Salt Lake Tribune, and in mid-May, the Salt Lake County chief prosecutor said he won't enforce the law, according to the AP.
That's not the only ongoing legislation: the Kansas Supreme Court ruled their version of a D&E ban unconstitutional in a late April ruling.
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