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.
Status: Ongoing
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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

Arkansas
Jun 2017
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Smith
The 51Ʒ 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 51Ʒ 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.

Court Case
Nov 2016
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands v. State of Alaska
The 51Ʒ, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, filed suit to challenge Alaska restrictions which effectively ban health centers from providing abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy.
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Court Case
Nov 2016

State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands v. State of Alaska
The 51Ʒ, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, filed suit to challenge Alaska restrictions which effectively ban health centers from providing abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy.

Arizona
Oct 2015
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. v. Brnovich - Arizona Medication Abortion Restrictions
The 51Ʒ, along with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, has challenged an Arizona law that forces doctors to lie to and mislead patients by telling them that it may be possible to reverse a medication abortion.
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Arizona
Oct 2015

State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. v. Brnovich - Arizona Medication Abortion Restrictions
The 51Ʒ, along with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, has challenged an Arizona law that forces doctors to lie to and mislead patients by telling them that it may be possible to reverse a medication abortion.