Reproductive Rights

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ruling that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a fundamental right to abortion. Following this decision, many state trigger laws banning or restricting abortion went into effect, and several states have passed new abortion bans or restrictions.

Litigants are challenging many of these measures in state courts, pointing to rights to privacy, liberty, gender equality, equal protection, due process, and religious freedom in their state constitutions and other state laws. There are also active state constitutional amendment campaigns in several states. This litigation extends beyond abortion to fertility treatments, contraception, and other issues.

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Reproductive Rights

Texas Supreme Court to Determine Scope of ‘Medical Emergency’ Exceptions to Abortion Bans

The plaintiffs include 20 women who were denied abortion care and two doctors who say Texas’s abortion bans prevent them from meeting their ethical obligations.

By Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot

Ohio Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Pause of Abortion Ban

As Ohioans prepare to vote on an abortion ballot measure this fall, the state is asking to reinstate a six-week ban that was put on hold by a trial court.

By Gabriella Sanchez

Ohio

Voters Amend State Constitutions Around the Country

Ohio enshrined a right to abortion in the state constitution.

By Zoe Merriman

Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Google Keyword Warrant

The decision marks the first time a supreme court has addressed the constitutionality of warrants asking search companies to identify everyone who ran a given search.

By Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot