Category: trigger law

Attorney Subpoenas Governor Whitmer to Testify in Michigan Abortion Law Case

 Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has been subpoenaed to testify in the lawsuit she brought to permanently enjoin enforcement of the state’s strict abortion trigger law. The statute was passed in 1931 and was the law of the state until rendered moot by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision….


Judge Temporarily Blocks North Dakota’s Trigger Abortion Ban, Clinic Allowed to Continue Operations

A state judge in North Dakota has put a halt to the “trigger law” abortion ban that was set to come into effect on July 28, allowing the only remaining abortion clinic in the state to continue facilitating the procedure. In 2007, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly passed a trigger law that was written to…


Judge Temporarily Blocks North Dakota’s Trigger Abortion Ban; Clinic Can Continue Operations

A judge in North Dakota has temporarily halted the state’s “trigger law” abortion ban from beginning on July 28, allowing the only remaining abortion clinic in the state to continue the procedure. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick granted the order to the Red River Women’s Clinic on July 27, one day before the state’s…


Clock Is Ticking on Texas Trigger Law

With few exceptions, Texas will outlaw abortions on Aug. 25 when the state’s trigger law goes into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its official judgement July 26 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. The judgment clears the way for Texas’ “trigger law,” which bans almost all…


Clock Is Ticking on Texas Abortion Trigger Law

With few exceptions, Texas will outlaw abortions on Aug. 25 when the state’s trigger law goes into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its official judgment July 26 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. The judgment clears the way for Texas’ “trigger law,” which bans almost all…


Louisiana Sheriff Refuses to Enforce State Abortion Law

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson from Louisiana has announced that she will not be accepting any individual to custody at the Orleans Justice Center arrested for violating the 2006 trigger law that bans abortions in the state following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The Sheriff’s announcement “tightens the circle of protection from…


Mississippi Governor Plans to Bring ‘Culture of Life’ to State Following Supreme Court Ruling

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves promised a home for every single baby in his state, where he aims to create a “culture of life” following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “The fact of the matter is this entire court battle was never about winning a court case. It was always about creating…


Pro-Abortion Injunctions Attempt to Delay Abortion Bans

America’s first post-Roe v. Wade pro-life laws have been delayed by a series of injunctions that have resulted in women continuing to be able to have abortions. Many have long anticipated that the end of Roe v. Wade would see a flurry of pro-life legislation passed across America. Even before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v….