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The 1973 Supreme Court of the United States's decision in the Roe v. Wade ruling meant the state could no longer regulate abortion in the first trimester. [9]A 2016 Alabama law banned dilation & evacuation (D&E) which is the most common abortion procedure used in the second trimester. [11]
The Human Life Protection Act, also known as House Bill 314 (HB 314) [1] and the Alabama abortion ban, [2] is an Alabama statute enacted on May 15, 2019, that imposes a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Originally set to go into effect in November 2019, a legal challenge against the bill delayed implementation until 2022.
Abortion was illegal in North Dakota from 2022 to 2024, until Judge Bruce Romanick ruled that the state's abortion ban violated the Constitution of North Dakota's equality provisions. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] The law technically made exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman, or, until 6 weeks into a pregnancy, in cases of rape or incest.
Other states attempted to ban abortion once a heartbeat is detected, but Alabama tried to ban almost all abortions with no exceptions.
Wade and the state’s abortion ban kicked in, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, said on a radio show that groups helping to fund out-of-state abortions could face felony charges.
But the Alabama case has magnified the role of state supreme courts in the fight to preserve abortion rights, with elections for state justices emerging as a new front in the post-Roe battle.
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Additionally, Southern and Midwestern states that have banned abortion after the reversal of Roe v. Wade have a higher population of Black women who will not be able to access the procedure in their state. [67] People often must seek two trips to an abortion provider due to a waiting period between mandated counseling and the procedure.