A cascade of new abortion 'trigger bans' are taking hold across the country in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned. Meanwhile, abortion rights groups have been arguing that many state constitutions offer protections for abortion rights.
Abortion rights activists chant slogans as the Indiana Senate debates during a special session in Indianapolis before voting to ban abortions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week marks two months since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision reversed decades of precedent guaranteeing abortion rights, and the effects of the decision are continuing to unfold as abortion bans take effect around the country.trigger bans
” in place – laws written to prohibit abortion as soon as Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had legalized the procedure for nearly 50 years, was overturned. Some took effect almost immediately; at least eight states have implemented total or near-total abortion bans, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights., or by brief waiting periods written into the laws. This week, a new round of bans — in Tennessee, Texas, Idaho, and North Dakota – is set to take effect, barring intervention from the courts.
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