After the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe V. Wade making abortion a state issue, judges from Louisiana and Utah struck down laws that would make abortion illegal in those states.
The New York Post reported, The two states are among more than a dozen which have had “trigger laws” on the books that were to automatically go into effect, putting in place sometimes severe abortion restrictions, if the landmark 1973 ruling was ever reversed.
Many state trigger laws completely ban abortion with very, very few exceptions. The bans start during the first trimester and extend until birth making it nearly impossible to obtain one legally.
A New Orleans judge ruled in favor of abortion providers who claimed in a legal suit that claimed such an abrupt ban on abortions violated their due process. It seems likely that once a reasonable amount of time has been given, the ban will once again be in place.
In Utah, planned parenthood has argued a similar point causing their ban to also be suspended for a short while.
The clinics that are able to once again operate will be reaching out to at least 400 women whose appointments were canceled in order to get a new one scheduled for them.
