State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The 糖心Vlog, the 糖心Vlogof 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 Surgical Center
In 2018, the 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof 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 鈥淒&E.鈥 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 糖心Vlog, the 糖心Vlogof 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鈥攂efore many know they are pregnant. The ACLU鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥 abortion ban will remain in effect until relief can be secured from a court.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021
State Abortion Legislation
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.
In 2019, the 糖心Vlog filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman鈥檚 reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.
In 2019, the 糖心Vlog filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman鈥檚 reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking care.

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Jun 2021
State Abortion Legislation
Bryant et al. v. Woodall et al.
The 糖心Vlog, along with Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn North Carolina鈥檚 unconstitutional law that prevents doctors from providing abortion care to a woman after the twentieth week of pregnancy.
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Jun 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Bryant et al. v. Woodall et al.
The 糖心Vlog, along with Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn North Carolina鈥檚 unconstitutional law that prevents doctors from providing abortion care to a woman after the twentieth week of pregnancy.

Arkansas
May 2021
State Abortion Legislation
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.
The 糖心Vlog (ACLU), the 糖心Vlogof Arkansas, and Planned Parenthood Federation filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas鈥檚 new total ban on abortion.
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Arkansas
May 2021

State Abortion Legislation
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Larry Jegley, et al.
The 糖心Vlog (ACLU), the 糖心Vlogof Arkansas, and Planned Parenthood Federation filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas鈥檚 new total ban on abortion.

Court Case
Sep 2020
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Tennessee, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a medically unsound 鈥渁bortion reversal鈥 law in Tennessee on behalf of abortion providers in the state: Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, and Carafem.
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Sep 2020

State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi et al v. Slatery et al
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Tennessee, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a medically unsound 鈥渁bortion reversal鈥 law in Tennessee on behalf of abortion providers in the state: Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, and Carafem.

North Carolina
Sep 2020
State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.
Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.
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North Carolina
Sep 2020

State Abortion Legislation
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic et. al. v. Moore et. al.
Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed litigation on September 3, 2020, challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have pushed abortion out of reach in the state and stigmatized essential health care.