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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
SisterReach, Inc. v. Skrmetti

2:24-cv-02446 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 27, 2024

This case challenged the Tennessee Senate Bill 1971, enacted in 2023, which criminalized helping minors obtain legal abortions out of state unless the minor has written, notarized parental consent to do so. Plaintiffs SisterReach, Inc. and Midwest Access Coalition, Inc. (collectively, “SisterReach”) assist young people in Tennessee in obtaining legal abortion care and other services. On June 26, 2024, SisterReach filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Minnesota

62-cv-19-3868 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: May 29, 2019

Closed Date: May 30, 2024

This case concerns a challenge to a variety of Minnesota state laws concerning abortion and the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.  On May 29, 2019 several Minnesota medical professionals as well as a religious congregation filed suit in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District against Minnesota’s Governor, Attorney General, Commissioner of Health, Board of Medical Practice and Board of Nursing. Plaintiffs were represented by the Lawyering Project and Gender Justice. In their complaint, pl…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Montana v. State of Montana IIII

DDV-2013-407 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: May 29, 2013

This lawsuit is about challenges to laws requiring parental consent for minors attempting to access abortion care. In 2011, the Montana Legislature enacted Legislative Referendum 120. After Montana voters adopted it in the November 2012 election, it took effect January 1, 2013 (the "2012 Referendum"). Under the 2012 Referendum, a minor under the age of 16 seeking an abortion had to notify a parent or seek judicial bypass by petitioning the youth court for an order waiving the notice requirement…

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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Welty v. Dunaway

3:24-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 24, 2024

In this case, two private plaintiffs challenged a state law that prohibited the "recruitment" of a minor to obtain an abortion. Plaintiffs argued that the law criminalized speech, discriminated against content- and viewpoint-based speech, and was unconstitutionally overbroad under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, an attorney and abortion access advocate and a state representative, sued the district attorneys general of several Middle Tennessee judicial districts. On June 24,…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Matsumoto v. Labrador

1:23-cv-00323 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: July 11, 2023

This lawsuit challenged an Idaho law that made it a crime for adults to help minors travel to other states for abortion care without their parents' knowledge and consent.  On July 11, 2023, this case was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho by an individual and two organizations, Northwest Abortion Access Fund (NWAAF) and Indigenous Idaho Alliance (IIA), that sought to assist Idaho minors in obtaining reproductive health care outside of Idaho. Plaintiffs brought…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Hope Clinic v. Adams

09CH38661 | Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2009

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2013

On October 13, 2009, plaintiffs, the Hope Clinic for Women and Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Reproductive Health, on behalf of themselves and their minor patients, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the Acting Secretary and Director of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, as well as the Illinois State Medical Board. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin enforcement of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 (“the Ac…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Whole Woman's Health Alliance v. Paxton

1:18-cv-00500 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 14, 2018

Closed Date: July 22, 2022

This is a case about abortion access in Texas. On June 14, 2018, six non-profit organizations advocating for abortion access in Texas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Plaintiffs sued the Texas Attorney General (Ken Paxton), as well as officials in the Texas Health & Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Medical Board, and the University of Texas System, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the Lawyer…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Reproductive Health Services v. Strange

2:14-cv-01014 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 8, 2022

This is a case about the Alabama abortion restriction that imposed barriers on a minor's ability to get abortion care in the state.  On October 1, 2014, a licensed abortion facility and the nurse who owned the facility filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Attorney General and the Montgomery County District Attorney under 42 USC § 1983. Represented by the national ACLU and the ACLU of Alabama, the plaintiffs so…
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Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. Streur

3AN-14-4711 CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2014

Closed Date: 2019

This is a case about abortion funding restrictions in Alaska. On January 30, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in Alaska Superior Court (state trial court) on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in order to challenge Regulation 7 AAC 160.900(d)(30), a new regulation that allegedly severely restricted abortion access for low-income women. The plaintiffs sued the State of Alask…
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Whole Woman's Health Alliance v. Rokita

1:18-cv-01904 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 21, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2022

This is a case challenging Indiana laws regulating abortion. On June 21, 2018, a group of abortion providers and nonprofit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs, represented by The Lawyering Project and a private firm, sued Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and attorney's fees. They claimed Indiana’s abortion laws violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment and the due p…