STATES WITH TRIGGER LAWS BASED ON SUPREME COURT’S RULING
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will most immediately affect the 13 states with trigger laws, which have already gone into effect or will soon:
Arkansas: A law is expected to take effect within days banning almost all abortions. Exception: Saving the “life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.”
Idaho: A law is expected to go into effect in 30 days making providing an abortion punishable by prison. Exceptions: Preventing a pregnant woman from dying; rape or incest.
Kentucky: A bill passed in 2019 went into effect immediately banning abortions and making them a felony. Exceptions: Preventing injury or death of a pregnant woman.
Louisiana: A law went into effect immediately banning anyone from performing an abortion or providing drugs to interrupt a pregnancy. Exception: Preventing serious injury or death.
Mississippi: A law would require that the state’s attorney general first confirm that Roe v. Wade has been overturned before abortions are prohibited. Exceptions: Saving the life of a mother; rape.
Missouri: A law went into effect within hours making it a felony to perform an abortion. Exception: A medical emergency.
North Dakota: A law making performing an abortion a felony is expected to take effect in 30 days. Exception: Saving the life of a mother.
Oklahoma: A bill makes abortions illegal, punishable by prison or a fine. Exception: Saving the life of a pregnant woman.
South Dakota: A law went into effect immediately banning anyone from performing an abortion or providing drugs that could cause one, no exceptions.
Tennessee: A bill is expected to go into effect in about 30 days to ban abortions. Exception: Preventing death or serious injury of a pregnant woman.
Texas: A law banning abortions is expected to go into effect in 30 days. Exception: Preventing death or serious injury of a pregnant woman.
Utah: A law went into effect Friday banning abortions. Exceptions: Preventing death or serious injury to the mother; rape or incest; possibility of severe birth defects.
Wyoming: A law banning abortions is expected to go into effect within 30 days. Exceptions: Preventing death or “substantial and irreversible” injury of a pregnant woman; rape or sexual assault.