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Planned Parenthood of Montana v. State of Montana

DV 21-999 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2021

Planned Parenthood of Montana and a physician brought this lawsuit challenging several laws restricting abortion, including a 20-week abortion ban, a heartbeat bill, ultrasound viewing, and restrictions on the use of abortion-inducing medications. On August 16, 2021, Planned Parenthood of Montana and a private physician who provided abortion care at Planned Parenthood of Montana (collectively, “PPMT”), sued, on behalf of themselves and their patients, the State of Montana through their Attorney…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
West Alabama Women's Center v. Miller

2:15-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 10, 2015

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

On July 10, 2015, the West Alabama Women’s Center, its Medical Director, and a physician it employed (collectively, the “Clinic”), sued Alabama's State Health Officer (“SHO”) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Represented by the ACLU, the Clinic challenged an Alabama statute that required every physician who performed an abortion at a licensed abortion clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital or, alternatively, that the clinic have a written agree…
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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
Comprehensive Health v. Missouri

2416-CV31931 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2024

This lawsuit is about a challenge to a series of abortion restrictions in Missouri.  On November 5, 2024, the people of Missouri voted to pass a constitutional amendment, known as the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative. Amongst its provisions, the amendment legalized abortion in the state until fetal viability. The amendment was codified as Art. I, § 36.2.  The day after the amendment passed, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Misso…
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Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach

2023-CV-03140 | Kansas state trial court

Filed Date: June 5, 2023

This case is a challenge to the Kansas Woman's Right to Know Act. The Act, originally passed in 1997, required abortion providers to give patients medically inaccurate information, imposed numerous mandatory delays, and added irrelevant and sometimes inaccurate statements to the mandatory disclosures. In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the right to an abortion is protected under the state constitution. Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. v. Schmidt, 309 Kan. 610, 660 (2019). In 2022, Kansas' re…
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GenBioPro, Inc. v. Sorsaia

3:23-cv-00058 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2023

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, the West Virginia legislature enacted the Unborn Child Protection Act (UCPA), which banned nearly all abortions regardless of the stage of pregnancy with only limited exceptions for nonviable fetuses and embryos, ectopic pregnancies, and medical emergencies. On January 25, 2023, GenBioPro, a company that manufacturers and sells a generic version of the abortion medication mifepristone, brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the S…
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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…
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Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi v. Slatery

3:20-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 22, 2022

On August 31, 2020, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, on behalf of abortion providers in Tennessee, challenged what they alleged was a medically unsound “abortion reversal” state law. The providers brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the law violated their First Amendment right against compelled speech and Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and substantive due process. They sued the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department …
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EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

This is a case about two Kentucky laws: one banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, and the other banning abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. On March 19, 2019, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C. on behalf of itself, its staff and its patients, and a its owner, on behalf of himself and his patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division. The plaintiffs sued the …
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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson

3:21-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2021

Closed Date: July 25, 2022

Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic (PPSA), Greenville Women’s Clinic (GWC), and an individual abortion provider on behalf of himself and his patients brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge the constitutionality of the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act (hereinafter “SB 1” or “the Act”), which banned abortion after the detection of fetal or embryonic cardiac activity. This moment can occur as early as approximately the sixth week of pregna…