State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The 51Ʒ, the 51Ʒ 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’s 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’s Surgical Center
In 2018, the 51Ʒ and the 51Ʒ 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 “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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
The 51Ʒ, the 51Ʒ 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—before many know they are pregnant. The 51Ʒ’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

Ohio
Jul 2022
State Abortion Legislation
Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost
The 51Ʒ, 51Ʒ 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’s 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 51Ʒ, 51Ʒ 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’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization reversing Roe v. Wade, the case was dismissed without prejudice.

Court Case
Oct 2021
State Abortion Legislation
SisterSong v. Kemp
The 51Ʒ, the 51Ʒ of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit, SisterSong v. Kemp, challenging a Georgia law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many people know they are pregnant. This law would practically eliminate abortion care in the state and impose an unconstitutional ban on abortion. The case is currently stayed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit pending a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
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Oct 2021

State Abortion Legislation
SisterSong v. Kemp
The 51Ʒ, the 51Ʒ of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit, SisterSong v. Kemp, challenging a Georgia law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many people know they are pregnant. This law would practically eliminate abortion care in the state and impose an unconstitutional ban on abortion. The case is currently stayed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit pending a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Indiana
Oct 2021
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health, et al.
In May 2017, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, represented by the 51Ʒ and the 51Ʒ of Indiana, challenged a law creating unnecessary obstacles to abortion for people under 18 years of age. The lawsuit was filed against the Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health.
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Indiana
Oct 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health, et al.
In May 2017, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, represented by the 51Ʒ and the 51Ʒ of Indiana, challenged a law creating unnecessary obstacles to abortion for people under 18 years of age. The lawsuit was filed against the Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health.

Alabama
Aug 2021
State Abortion Legislation
Robinson, et al. v. Marshall, et al.
The 51Ʒ, 51Ʒ of Alabama, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging an extreme law that bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison for providing care.
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Alabama
Aug 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Robinson, et al. v. Marshall, et al.
The 51Ʒ, 51Ʒ of Alabama, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging an extreme law that bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison for providing care.

Court Case
Jun 2021
State Abortion Legislation
All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana
This lawsuit, brought by a coalition of health care providers and a pregnancy resource center, challenges several recently enacted abortion restrictions in Indiana, including a measure forcing health care providers to share false and misleading information with their patients about “reversing” a medication abortion, a bogus claim that may lead some patients to end a pregnancy based on the mistaken belief that its effects can later be undone.
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Jun 2021

State Abortion Legislation
All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana
This lawsuit, brought by a coalition of health care providers and a pregnancy resource center, challenges several recently enacted abortion restrictions in Indiana, including a measure forcing health care providers to share false and misleading information with their patients about “reversing” a medication abortion, a bogus claim that may lead some patients to end a pregnancy based on the mistaken belief that its effects can later be undone.